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Moving to Wallan from Yagoona - Birrong

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Wallan and Yagoona - Birrong, side by side — all from public government data.

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Comparing
Yagoona - Birrong
NSW · current home
Wallan
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
23,744
30,342
Annual growth
+1.4%
+7.1%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,453/wk
$2,002/wk
Overseas born
44.3%
18.9%
Non-English-speaking background
69.8%
18.9%
Children aged 0–14
21.6%
24.7%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 3
Decile 5
IRSAD score
930
986
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
5
6
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
962
985
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,042
1,039
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
15
27
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.5M
$640,000
House price YoY
+11.6%
-2.7%
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.
$745
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
0
1
Supermarkets nearby
1
3
Parks nearby
24
70
Train stations
2
5
Safety NSW BOCSAR · CSA Victoria (2025) — counts not comparable across states
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
919
1,021
Change vs prior year
-9%
-12%

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 · Yagoona - Birrong
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Birrong Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Yagoona - Birrong.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 451
ICSEA 967
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned in-area government school for Yagoona - Birrong (NSW catchment data).

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Christ the King Catholic Primary School Bass Hill
Catholic 179 students
ICSEA 1042 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 in-area government school for Wallan (VIC catchment data).

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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 has stronger government school academic context than Yagoona - Birrong, with an average ICSEA of 985 compared to 962. ICSEA reflects the academic and socioeconomic intake of students — a higher score signals a higher-resourced school community.

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment — average ICSEA Wallan 1,039 (1 school), Yagoona - Birrong 1,042 (1 school).

There are 6 schools in Wallan, compared to 5 in Yagoona - Birrong.

Childcare services matched by postcode: 27 in Wallan vs 15 in Yagoona - Birrong.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Wallan at 18.9% (vs 69.8% in Yagoona - Birrong).

Wallan has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 5, above Yagoona - Birrong's Decile 3. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 57% lower in Wallan ($640,000 vs $1.5M).

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