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Moving to Strathfieldsaye from Ballarat

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

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Ballarat

VIC · current home

Strathfieldsaye

VIC · destination

Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025

Population (2025)

11,668

11,705

Annual growth

-0.4%

+2.2%

Demographics ABS Census 2021

Median household income

$1,573/wk

$2,217/wk

Overseas born

13.3%

8.4%

Non-English-speaking background

8.2%

4.5%

Children aged 0–14

14.7%

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 7

Decile 8

IRSAD score

1,040

1,050

Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA

Schools

Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)

1,027

1,038

Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)

1,099

1,093

Childcare services (matched by suburb name)

Property VIC + NSW in v1

Median house price

$1.25M

$772,500

House price YoY

-22.7%

+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.

$410

Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities

Train to CBD, AM peak

82 min

120 min

GPs nearby

Supermarkets nearby

Parks nearby

Train stations

Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)

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

105

Change vs prior year

-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

Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Pleasant Street Primary School (Ballarat)

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

Sector Government

Years Prep-6

Students 350

ICSEA 1095

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

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Ballarat (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)

Ballarat Clarendon College

Independent 1,896 students

ICSEA 1172 intake context

St Patrick's College

Catholic 1,267 students

ICSEA 1055 intake context

Loreto College

Catholic 948 students

ICSEA 1073 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

Government school academic context is comparable between Strathfieldsaye (ICSEA 1,038) and Ballarat (1,027).

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Strathfieldsaye 1,093 (1 school), Ballarat 1,099 (4 schools).

There are 2 schools in Strathfieldsaye, compared to 9 in Ballarat.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 7 in Strathfieldsaye vs 11 in Ballarat.

Strathfieldsaye has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 8, above Ballarat's Decile 7. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 38% lower in Strathfieldsaye ($772,500 vs $1.25M).

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