Moving to Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square from Ballarat
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square and Ballarat, 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.
Pleasant Street Primary School (Ballarat)
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Ballarat.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Ballarat (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 1,027 in Ballarat. 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 1,099 (4 schools).
There are 7 schools in Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square, compared to 9 in Ballarat.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 15 in Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square vs 11 in Ballarat.
Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 2, below Ballarat's Decile 7. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 51% lower in Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square ($610,000 vs $1.25M).
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