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Moving to Wallan from Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Wallan and Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek
VIC · current home
Wallan
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
15,749
30,342
Annual growth
+9.6%
+7.1%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$2,201/wk
$2,002/wk
Overseas born
14.6%
18.9%
Non-English-speaking background
7.9%
18.9%
Children aged 0–14
23.3%
24.7%
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 8
Decile 5
IRSAD score
1,064
986
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
4
6
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,055
985
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,070
1,039
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
14
26
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$680,000
$652,500
House price YoY
+4.5%
+3.0%
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
62 min
GPs nearby
0
1
Supermarkets nearby
1
3
Parks nearby
32
70
Train stations
0
5
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
124
1,063
Change vs prior year
+2%
-4%

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 · Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Armstrong Creek School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek.

Sector Government
Years U, Prep-6
Students 905
ICSEA 1023
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek (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 Catherine of Siena Catholic Primary School
Catholic 504 students
ICSEA 1070 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 · Wallan
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Muyan Primary School

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

Sector Government

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Wallan (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)
Our Lady of the Way Catholic Primary School
Catholic 698 students
ICSEA 1039 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

Wallan's government schools have an average ICSEA of 985, compared to 1,055 in Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek. 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 Wallan 1,039 (1 school), Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek 1,070 (1 school).

There are 6 schools in Wallan, compared to 4 in Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 26 in Wallan vs 14 in Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Wallan at 18.9% (vs 7.9% in Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek).

Wallan has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 5, below Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek's Decile 8. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

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