Moving to Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square from Ballarat East - Warrenheip
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square and Ballarat East - Warrenheip, side by side - all from public government data.
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Sources: ABS ERP June 2025 · ABS Census 2021 · ABS SEIFA 2021 · ACARA School Profile 2025 · ACECQA NQS register · Valuer-General Victoria & DFFH (VIC) · DCJ Housing (NSW) · NSW BOCSAR (NSW) · CSA Victoria (VIC). How we source this data →
The free government school your child can attend in each area - side by side, never a blended average.
Caledonian Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Ballarat East - Warrenheip.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Ballarat East - Warrenheip (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
See the catchment on the mapFee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone - they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.
We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Kangaroo Flat Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
See the catchment on the mapFee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone - they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.
We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square's government schools have an average ICSEA of 949, compared to 969 in Ballarat East - Warrenheip. ICSEA reflects the socioeconomic intake of students, not teaching quality - it is not a ranking of school performance.
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square 1,032 (1 school), Ballarat East - Warrenheip 1,062 (2 schools).
There are 7 schools in Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square, compared to 5 in Ballarat East - Warrenheip.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 15 in Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square vs 4 in Ballarat East - Warrenheip.
Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 2, below Ballarat East - Warrenheip's Decile 3. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 5% higher in Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square ($610,000 vs $580,000).
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Plan the move: Ballarat East - Warrenheip → Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square