Moving to Wallan from Lara
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Wallan and Lara, side by side - all from public government data.
Wallan has 30,342 people (ABS, June 2025), +7.1% in a year, a median house price of $650,000, 6 schools and 27 childcare services. Full Wallan 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.
Lara Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Lara.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Lara (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.
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.
Honest tradeoff
Government schools in Wallan and Lara have a similar average ICSEA (985 and 995) - a measure of student intake, not teaching quality.
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Wallan 1,039 (1 school), Lara 1,040 (1 school).
There are 6 schools in Wallan, compared to 5 in Lara.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 27 in Wallan vs 17 in Lara.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Wallan at 18.9% (vs 11.8% in Lara).
Median house prices are 9% lower in Wallan ($650,000 vs $715,000).
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What is the population of Wallan?
30,342 people lived in Wallan at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +7.1% over the year. Lara had 23,952.
Are houses cheaper in Wallan than in Lara?
Yes. The median house price is $650,000 in Wallan and $715,000 in Lara, 9% lower in Wallan.
How many schools are in Wallan?
ACARA lists 6 schools in Wallan, against 5 in Lara. The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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Plan the move: Lara → Wallan