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Moving to Morwell from Wollert

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Morwell and Wollert, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Wollert
VIC · current home
Morwell
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
36,658
14,487
Annual growth
+9.5%
+0.1%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,979/wk
$942/wk
Overseas born
50.0%
16.0%
Non-English-speaking background
67.4%
11.9%
Children aged 0–14
29.1%
17.3%
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 6
Decile 1
IRSAD score
1,002
820
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
8
5
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,026
901
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,085
986
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
24
10
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$725,000
$392,500
House price YoY
+4.3%
+14.4%
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.
-
$400
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
Train to CBD, AM peak
46 min
135 min
GPs nearby
0
1
Supermarkets nearby
0
3
Parks nearby
178
22
Train stations
0
2
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
1,052
3,544
Change vs prior year
+6%
-3%

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 · Morwell
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Morwell Central Primary School

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

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 419
ICSEA 888
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Morwell (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 Vincent de Paul's School
Catholic 215 students
ICSEA 1001 intake context
Sacred Heart School
Catholic 102 students
ICSEA 970 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

Morwell's government schools have an average ICSEA of 901, compared to 1,026 in Wollert. 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 Morwell 986 (2 schools), Wollert 1,085 (2 schools).

There are 5 schools in Morwell, compared to 8 in Wollert.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 10 in Morwell vs 24 in Wollert.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Morwell at 11.9% (vs 67.4% in Wollert).

Morwell has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 1, below Wollert's Decile 6. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 46% lower in Morwell ($392,500 vs $725,000).

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