Moving to Tarneit (Central area) from Ballarat
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Tarneit - Central and Ballarat, side by side - all from public government data.
Tarneit (Central area) has 29,246 people (ABS, June 2025), -0.3% in a year, a median house price of $675,000, 6 schools and 49 childcare services. Full Tarneit (Central area) suburb profile.
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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 sales Mar 2026 and rent Jun 2026 (NSW) · RTA Queensland rents (QLD) · 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.
Pleasant Street Primary School (Ballarat)
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Ballarat.
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.
See the catchment on the mapFee-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.
Tarneit P-9 College
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Tarneit - Central.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Tarneit - Central (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
See the catchment on the mapFee-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 schools in Tarneit - Central and Ballarat have a similar average ICSEA (1,027 and 1,027) - a measure of student intake, not teaching quality.
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Tarneit - Central 1,061 (3 schools), Ballarat 1,099 (4 schools).
There are 6 schools in Tarneit - Central, compared to 9 in Ballarat.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 49 in Tarneit - Central vs 11 in Ballarat.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Tarneit - Central at 67.3% (vs 8.2% in Ballarat).
Tarneit - Central has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 6, below Ballarat's Decile 7. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 10% lower in Tarneit - Central ($675,000 vs $750,000).
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What is the population of Tarneit (Central area)?
29,246 people lived in Tarneit (Central area) at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of -0.3% over the year. Ballarat had 11,668.
Are houses cheaper in Tarneit (Central area) than in Ballarat?
Yes. The median house price is $675,000 in Tarneit (Central area) and $750,000 in Ballarat, 10% lower in Tarneit (Central area).
How many schools are in Tarneit (Central area)?
ACARA lists 6 schools in Tarneit (Central area), against 9 in Ballarat. The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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