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Moving to Strathfieldsaye from Ballarat East - Warrenheip

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Strathfieldsaye and Ballarat East - Warrenheip, side by side - all from public government data.

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Ballarat East - Warrenheip
VIC · current home
Strathfieldsaye
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
9,771
11,705
Annual growth
+1.0%
+2.2%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,209/wk
$2,217/wk
Overseas born
10.4%
8.4%
Non-English-speaking background
5.7%
4.5%
Children aged 0–14
15.8%
23.7%
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 3
Decile 8
IRSAD score
940
1,050
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
5
2
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
969
1,038
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,062
1,093
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
4
7
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$580,000
$772,500
House price YoY
+19.3%
+5.8%
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
82 min
120 min
GPs nearby
0
0
Supermarkets nearby
1
1
Parks nearby
40
15
Train stations
0
0
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
579
105
Change vs prior year
+25%
-18%

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 · Ballarat East - Warrenheip
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Caledonian Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Ballarat East - Warrenheip.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 215
ICSEA 1010
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Ballarat East - Warrenheip (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

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Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
St Francis Xavier School
Catholic 482 students
ICSEA 1071 intake context
St Alipius' Parish School
Catholic 248 students
ICSEA 1052 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 · Strathfieldsaye
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Strathfieldsaye Primary School

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

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 538
ICSEA 1038
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Strathfieldsaye (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

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Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
St Francis of the Fields School
Catholic 614 students
ICSEA 1093 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

Strathfieldsaye's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,038, compared to 969 in Ballarat East - Warrenheip. 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 Strathfieldsaye 1,093 (1 school), Ballarat East - Warrenheip 1,062 (2 schools).

There are 2 schools in Strathfieldsaye, compared to 5 in Ballarat East - Warrenheip.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 7 in Strathfieldsaye vs 4 in Ballarat East - Warrenheip.

Strathfieldsaye has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 8, above Ballarat East - Warrenheip's Decile 3. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 33% higher in Strathfieldsaye ($772,500 vs $580,000).

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