Moving to North Geelong - Bell Park from Lara
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for North Geelong - Bell Park and Lara, 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.
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.
Bell Park North Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in North Geelong - Bell Park.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of North Geelong - Bell Park (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.
North Geelong - Bell Park's government schools have an average ICSEA of 964, compared to 995 in Lara. 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 North Geelong - Bell Park 1,085 (3 schools), Lara 1,040 (1 school).
There are 7 schools in North Geelong - Bell Park, compared to 5 in Lara.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 15 in North Geelong - Bell Park vs 16 in Lara.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in North Geelong - Bell Park at 28.3% (vs 11.8% in Lara).
North Geelong - Bell Park has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 4, below Lara's Decile 5. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
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Plan the move: Lara → North Geelong - Bell Park