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 in-area government school for Lara (VIC catchment data).
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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 in-area government school for North Geelong - Bell Park (VIC catchment data).
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We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
North Geelong - Bell Park has weaker government school academic context than Lara, with an average ICSEA of 964 compared to 995. ICSEA reflects the academic and socioeconomic intake of students — a higher score signals a higher-resourced school community.
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 postcode: 20 in North Geelong - Bell Park vs 12 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.
Median house prices are 7% lower in North Geelong - Bell Park ($641,000 vs $688,800).
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