Moving to Tarneit (Central area) from Bendigo Surrounds (South area)
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Tarneit - Central and Bendigo Surrounds - South, 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.
Kangaroo Flat Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Bendigo Surrounds - South.
The government catchment school for parts of Bendigo Surrounds - South is Kangaroo Flat Primary School - just outside the suburb boundary (VIC catchment data).
See the catchment on the mapWe 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
Tarneit - Central's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,027, compared to 1,012 in Bendigo Surrounds - South. 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 Tarneit - Central 1,061 (3 schools), Bendigo Surrounds - South none in this SA2.
There are 6 schools in Tarneit - Central, compared to 4 in Bendigo Surrounds - South.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 49 in Tarneit - Central vs 6 in Bendigo Surrounds - South.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Tarneit - Central at 67.3% (vs 2.4% in Bendigo Surrounds - South).
Tarneit - Central has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 6, below Bendigo Surrounds - South's Decile 7. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
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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. Bendigo Surrounds (South area) had 9,094.
Are houses cheaper in Tarneit (Central area) than in Bendigo Surrounds (South area)?
Median house prices are about the same: $675,000 in Tarneit (Central area) and $673,800 in Bendigo Surrounds (South area).
How many schools are in Tarneit (Central area)?
ACARA lists 6 schools in Tarneit (Central area), against 4 in Bendigo Surrounds (South area). The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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Plan the move: Bendigo Surrounds - South → Tarneit - Central