Moving to Wallan from Bendigo Surrounds - South
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Wallan and Bendigo Surrounds - South, side by side - all from public government data.
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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 (NSW) · NSW BOCSAR (NSW) · CSA Victoria (VIC). How we source this data →
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.
Muyan Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Wallan.
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.
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.
Wallan's government schools have an average ICSEA of 985, 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 Wallan 1,039 (1 school), Bendigo Surrounds - South none in this SA2.
There are 6 schools in Wallan, compared to 4 in Bendigo Surrounds - South.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 26 in Wallan vs 6 in Bendigo Surrounds - South.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Wallan at 18.9% (vs 2.4% in Bendigo Surrounds - South).
Wallan has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 5, below Bendigo Surrounds - South's Decile 7. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
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