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Moving to Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square from Wollert

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

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Comparing
Wollert
VIC · current home
Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
36,658
21,369
Annual growth
+9.5%
0.0%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,979/wk
$1,238/wk
Overseas born
50.0%
10.5%
Non-English-speaking background
67.4%
8.0%
Children aged 0–14
29.1%
16.8%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 6
Decile 2
IRSAD score
1,002
921
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
8
7
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,026
949
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,085
1,032
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
24
16
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$705,000
$555,000
House price YoY
+2.9%
+1.4%
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.
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Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
Train to CBD, AM peak Nearest-station AM-peak estimate (VIC/QLD/WA); a blank means no station matched within range for that suburb — not that it has no transport.
46 min
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GPs nearby
0
1
Supermarkets nearby
0
3
Parks nearby
178
33
Train stations
0
1
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
1,109
804
Change vs prior year
+25%
-23%

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 · Wollert
Government schools Live VIC + NSW catchments

Government schools in Wollert

Free government schools your child may attend. We couldn’t confirm the exact zone for this point, so we can’t confirm which one is yours.

Edgars Creek Secondary College Government · 1,330 students
ICSEA 999
Edgars Creek Primary School Government · 812 students
ICSEA 1025
Wollert Primary School Government · 601 students
ICSEA 1012
Wollert Secondary College Government · 389 students
ICSEA 1005

A picture of students’ family backgrounds (ICSEA) — not a ranking or a quality score.

Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Glowrey Catholic Primary School
Catholic 559 students
ICSEA 1071 intake context
Carlo Acutis Catholic Primary School
Catholic 111 students
ICSEA 1098 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 in-area government school for Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square (VIC catchment data).

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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 has weaker government school academic context than Wollert, with an average ICSEA of 949 compared to 1,026. ICSEA reflects the academic and socioeconomic intake of students — a higher score signals a higher-resourced school community.

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment — average ICSEA Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square 1,032 (1 school), Wollert 1,085 (2 schools).

There are 7 schools in Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square, compared to 8 in Wollert.

Childcare services matched by postcode: 16 in Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square vs 24 in Wollert.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square at 8.0% (vs 67.4% in Wollert).

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

Median house prices are 21% lower in Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square ($555,000 vs $705,000).

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Childcare2
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 3 · Decile 10 = most advantaged

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