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Moving to Sebastopol - Redan from Charlemont

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Sebastopol - Redan and Charlemont, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Charlemont
VIC · current home
Sebastopol - Redan
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
15,110
12,766
Annual growth
+8.2%
-0.2%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,988/wk
$1,020/wk
Overseas born
18.4%
10.0%
Non-English-speaking background
14.5%
5.6%
Children aged 0–14
20.9%
16.6%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged) A relative socio-economic index - not a measure of safety or community quality.
Decile 6
Decile 1
IRSAD score
1,021
861
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
2
5
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
-
924
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,090
1,038
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
2
13
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$630,000
$513,000
House price YoY
-0.8%
+20.3%
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.
-
-
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
Train to CBD, AM peak
72 min
82 min
GPs nearby
2
0
Supermarkets nearby
2
1
Parks nearby
41
29
Train stations
1
0
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
201
1,121
Change vs prior year
-8%
+8%

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 · Charlemont
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Mirripoa Primary School

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

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 638
ICSEA 1058
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

The government catchment school for parts of Charlemont is Mirripoa Primary School - just outside the suburb boundary (VIC catchment data).

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Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Iona College Geelong
Catholic 1,332 students
ICSEA 1078 intake context
Geelong Lutheran College
Independent 1,317 students
ICSEA 1101 intake context

Fee-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.

To · Sebastopol - Redan
Government schools Live VIC + NSW catchments

Government schools in Sebastopol - Redan

Free government schools your child may attend. We couldn’t confirm the exact zone for this point, so we can’t confirm which one is yours.

Phoenix P-12 Community College Government · 1,473 students
ICSEA 947
Sebastopol Primary School Government · 98 students
ICSEA 901

A picture of students’ family backgrounds (ICSEA) - not a ranking or a quality score.

Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Ballarat Christian College
Independent 406 students
ICSEA 1058 intake context
St Aloysius' School
Catholic 254 students
ICSEA 1022 intake context
St James' School
Catholic 166 students
ICSEA 1034 intake context

Fee-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.

Honest tradeoff

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Sebastopol - Redan 1,038 (3 schools), Charlemont 1,090 (2 schools).

There are 5 schools in Sebastopol - Redan, compared to 2 in Charlemont.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 13 in Sebastopol - Redan vs 2 in Charlemont.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Sebastopol - Redan at 5.6% (vs 14.5% in Charlemont).

Sebastopol - Redan has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 1, below Charlemont's Decile 6. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 19% lower in Sebastopol - Redan ($513,000 vs $630,000).

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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 1 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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