Moving to Wallan from Redbank Plains
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Wallan and Redbank Plains, 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.
Redbank Plains State School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Redbank Plains.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Redbank Plains (QLD 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
Wallan's government schools have an average ICSEA of 985, compared to 938 in Redbank Plains. 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), Redbank Plains 1,017 (2 schools).
There are 6 schools in Wallan, compared to 5 in Redbank Plains.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 27 in Wallan vs 21 in Redbank Plains.
Wallan has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 5, above Redbank Plains's Decile 1. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
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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. Redbank Plains had 29,057.
How many schools are in Wallan?
ACARA lists 6 schools in Wallan, against 5 in Redbank Plains. The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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Plan the move: Redbank Plains → Wallan