Moving to North Geelong - Bell Park from Truganina - South West
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for North Geelong - Bell Park and Truganina - South West, 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.
Dohertys Creek P-9 College
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Truganina - South West.
The government catchment school for parts of Truganina - South West is Dohertys Creek P-9 College - just outside the suburb boundary (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 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.
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North Geelong - Bell Park's government schools have an average ICSEA of 964, compared to 1,041 in Truganina - South West. 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), Truganina - South West 1,101 (3 schools).
There are 7 schools in North Geelong - Bell Park, compared to 5 in Truganina - South West.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in North Geelong - Bell Park at 28.3% (vs 72.1% in Truganina - South West).
North Geelong - Bell Park has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 4, below Truganina - South West's Decile 5. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 6% higher in North Geelong - Bell Park ($711,000 vs $672,000).
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