Moving to Rockbank - Mount Cottrell from Bendigo Surrounds - South
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Rockbank - Mount Cottrell and Bendigo Surrounds - South, 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.
Kangaroo Flat Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Bendigo Surrounds - South.
The government catchment school for parts of Bendigo Surrounds - South is Kangaroo Flat Primary School - just outside the suburb boundary (VIC catchment data).
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Aintree Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Rockbank - Mount Cottrell (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
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Rockbank - Mount Cottrell's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,030, compared to 1,012 in Bendigo Surrounds - South. ICSEA reflects the socioeconomic intake of students, not teaching quality - it is not a ranking of school performance.
There are 5 schools in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell, compared to 4 in Bendigo Surrounds - South.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 58 in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell vs 6 in Bendigo Surrounds - South.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell at 62.6% (vs 2.4% in Bendigo Surrounds - South).
Median house prices are 5% lower in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell ($638,000 vs $673,800).
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Plan the move: Bendigo Surrounds - South → Rockbank - Mount Cottrell