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Moving to Wallan from Traralgon - West

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Wallan and Traralgon - West, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Traralgon - West
VIC · current home
Wallan
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
17,236
30,342
Annual growth
+0.5%
+7.1%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,635/wk
$2,002/wk
Overseas born
12.9%
18.9%
Non-English-speaking background
7.8%
18.9%
Children aged 0–14
19.0%
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 5
Decile 5
IRSAD score
978
986
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
5
6
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
966
985
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,033
1,039
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
23
26
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$569,000
$652,500
House price YoY
+12.2%
+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.
$460
-
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
Train to CBD, AM peak
143 min
62 min
GPs nearby
1
1
Supermarkets nearby
1
3
Parks nearby
33
70
Train stations
0
5
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
3,063
1,063
Change vs prior year
+12%
-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 · Traralgon - West
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Traralgon (Kosciuszko Street) Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Traralgon - West.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 318
ICSEA 986
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Traralgon - West (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)
Lavalla Catholic College
Catholic 1,358 students
ICSEA 1028 intake context
St Gabriel's School
Catholic 499 students
ICSEA 1038 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 966 in Traralgon - West. 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), Traralgon - West 1,033 (2 schools).

There are 6 schools in Wallan, compared to 5 in Traralgon - West.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 26 in Wallan vs 23 in Traralgon - West.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Wallan at 18.9% (vs 7.8% in Traralgon - West).

Median house prices are 15% higher in Wallan ($652,500 vs $569,000).

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