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Moving to Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square from Ballarat North - Invermay

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square and Ballarat North - Invermay, side by side - all from public government data.

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Ballarat North - Invermay

VIC · current home

Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square

VIC · destination

Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025

Population (2025)

15,204

21,369

Annual growth

+0.6%

0.0%

Demographics ABS Census 2021

Median household income

$1,644/wk

$1,238/wk

Overseas born

9.2%

10.5%

Non-English-speaking background

4.9%

8.0%

Children aged 0–14

18.7%

16.8%

SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021

IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged) A relative socio-economic index - not a measure of safety or community quality.

Decile 6

Decile 2

IRSAD score

1,015

921

Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA

Schools

Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)

1,006

949

Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)

1,090

1,032

Childcare services (matched by suburb name)

Property VIC + NSW in v1

Median house price

$590,500

$610,000

House price YoY

+6.0%

+12.4%

Median 3-bed house rent /wk A blank means rent was suppressed for this area (too few lettings to publish a reliable median) - not that rent is unavailable there.

Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities

Train to CBD, AM peak

82 min

116 min

GPs nearby

Supermarkets nearby

Parks nearby

Train stations

Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)

Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)

274

844

Change vs prior year

+45%

-14%

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 →

Which school is zoned?

The free government school your child can attend in each area - side by side, never a blended average.

From · Ballarat North - Invermay

Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Black Hill Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Ballarat North - Invermay.

Sector Government

Years Prep-6

Students 397

ICSEA 1042

A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Ballarat North - Invermay (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

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Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)

St Columba's School

Catholic 334 students

ICSEA 1090 intake context

Fee-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.

To · Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square

Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Kangaroo Flat Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square.

Sector Government

Years Prep-6

Students 313

ICSEA 908

A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

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.

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Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)

St Monica's School

Catholic 284 students

ICSEA 1032 intake context

Fee-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.

Honest tradeoff

Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square's government schools have an average ICSEA of 949, compared to 1,006 in Ballarat North - Invermay. 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 North - Invermay 1,090 (1 school).

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 15 in Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square vs 12 in Ballarat North - Invermay.

Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 2, below Ballarat North - Invermay's Decile 6. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

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