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Moving to Lara from Wendouree - Miners Rest

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Lara and Wendouree - Miners Rest, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Wendouree - Miners Rest
VIC · current home
Lara
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
15,548
23,952
Annual growth
+0.2%
+4.5%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,191/wk
$1,966/wk
Overseas born
8.8%
17.2%
Non-English-speaking background
5.5%
11.8%
Children aged 0–14
18.5%
19.4%
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 1
Decile 5
IRSAD score
886
994
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
7
5
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
922
995
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,069
1,040
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
14
16
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$537,600
$715,000
House price YoY
+18.5%
+3.7%
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.
-
$500
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
Train to CBD, AM peak
88 min
49 min
GPs nearby
1
2
Supermarkets nearby
2
2
Parks nearby
42
53
Train stations
0
1
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
1,672
906
Change vs prior year
+13%
-2%

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 →

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

From · Wendouree - Miners Rest
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Yuille Park Community College

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Wendouree - Miners Rest.

Sector Government
Years Prep-12
Students 209
ICSEA 840
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Wendouree - Miners Rest (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)
Ballarat Grammar
Independent 1,989 students
ICSEA 1120 intake context
Our Lady Help of Christians School
Catholic 101 students
ICSEA 1017 intake context

Fee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone - they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.

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To · Lara
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Lara Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Lara.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 439
ICSEA 993
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

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.

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Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
St Anthony's School
Catholic 477 students
ICSEA 1040 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

Lara's government schools have an average ICSEA of 995, compared to 922 in Wendouree - Miners Rest. 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 Lara 1,040 (1 school), Wendouree - Miners Rest 1,069 (2 schools).

There are 5 schools in Lara, compared to 7 in Wendouree - Miners Rest.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 16 in Lara vs 14 in Wendouree - Miners Rest.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Lara at 11.8% (vs 5.5% in Wendouree - Miners Rest).

Lara has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 5, above Wendouree - Miners Rest's Decile 1. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 33% higher in Lara ($715,000 vs $537,600).

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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 6 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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