Moving to Mickleham - Yuroke from Ballarat
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Mickleham - Yuroke 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.
Yubup Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Mickleham - Yuroke.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Mickleham - Yuroke (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 Mickleham - Yuroke (ICSEA 1,013) and Ballarat (1,027).
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Mickleham - Yuroke 1,068 (2 schools), Ballarat 1,099 (4 schools).
There are 8 schools in Mickleham - Yuroke, compared to 9 in Ballarat.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 22 in Mickleham - Yuroke vs 11 in Ballarat.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Mickleham - Yuroke at 60.5% (vs 8.2% in Ballarat).
Mickleham - Yuroke has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 6, below Ballarat's Decile 7. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 42% lower in Mickleham - Yuroke ($717,000 vs $1.25M).
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