Moving to Lara from Ballarat North - Invermay
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Lara and Ballarat North - Invermay, 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.
Black Hill Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Ballarat North - Invermay.
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.
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.
Lara Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Lara.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Lara (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.
Government school academic context is comparable between Lara (ICSEA 995) and Ballarat North - Invermay (1,006).
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Lara 1,040 (1 school), Ballarat North - Invermay 1,090 (1 school).
There are 5 schools in Lara, compared to 7 in Ballarat North - Invermay.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 16 in Lara vs 12 in Ballarat North - Invermay.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Lara at 11.8% (vs 4.9% in Ballarat North - Invermay).
Lara has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 5, below Ballarat North - Invermay's Decile 6. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 21% higher in Lara ($715,000 vs $590,500).
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Plan the move: Ballarat North - Invermay → Lara