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Moving to Rockbank - Mount Cottrell from Bendigo

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Rockbank - Mount Cottrell and Bendigo, side by side — all from public government data.

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Bendigo

VIC · current home

Rockbank - Mount Cottrell

VIC · destination

Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025

Population (2024)

14,457

35,856

Annual growth

+0.2%

+14.7%

Demographics ABS Census 2021

Median household income

$1,267/wk

$2,123/wk

Overseas born

11.9%

46.0%

Non-English-speaking background

9.2%

62.6%

Children aged 0–14

15.2%

24.6%

SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021

IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)

Decile 2

Decile 7

IRSAD score

918

1,029

Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA

Schools

Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)

960

1,030

Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)

1,044

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Childcare services (matched by postcode)

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Property VIC + NSW in v1

Median house price

$560,000

$600,700

House price YoY

+1.4%

+0.2%

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.

$480

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Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities

Train to CBD, AM peak Nearest-station AM-peak estimate (VIC/QLD/WA); a blank means no station matched within range for that suburb — not that it has no transport.

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36 min

GPs nearby

Supermarkets nearby

Parks nearby

111

Train stations

Safety CSA Victoria (year ending Dec 2025)

Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)

2,555

559

Change vs prior year

-5%

+117%

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 · Bendigo

Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Camp Hill Primary School

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

Sector Government

Years Prep-6

Students 251

ICSEA 1040

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This is the zoned in-area government school for Bendigo (VIC catchment data).

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)

Catherine McAuley College

Catholic 1,567 students

ICSEA 1055 intake context

Girton Grammar School

Independent 1,195 students

ICSEA 1148 intake context

Creek Street Christian College

Independent 457 students

ICSEA 1063 intake context

Fee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone — they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.

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To · Rockbank - Mount Cottrell

Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Aintree Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell.

Sector Government

Years Prep-6

Students 1,323

ICSEA 1058

A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned in-area government school for Rockbank - Mount Cottrell (VIC catchment data).

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Honest tradeoff

Rockbank - Mount Cottrell has stronger government school academic context than Bendigo, with an average ICSEA of 1,030 compared to 960. 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 Rockbank - Mount Cottrell none in this SA2, Bendigo 1,044 (6 schools).

There are 5 schools in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell, compared to 11 in Bendigo.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell at 62.6% (vs 9.2% in Bendigo).

Rockbank - Mount Cottrell has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 7, above Bendigo's Decile 2. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 7% higher in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell ($600,700 vs $560,000).

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House$695,000

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Childcare15

SEIFA IRSAD Decile 7 · Decile 10 = most advantaged

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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 6 · Decile 10 = most advantaged

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