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Moving to Warrnambool - South from Fraser Rise - Plumpton

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Warrnambool - South and Fraser Rise - Plumpton, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Fraser Rise - Plumpton
VIC · current home
Warrnambool - South
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
24,739
13,590
Annual growth
+19.7%
+0.6%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$2,254/wk
$1,380/wk
Overseas born
42.2%
10.8%
Non-English-speaking background
52.9%
6.5%
Children aged 0–14
27.6%
15.4%
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 7
Decile 4
IRSAD score
1,035
972
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
2
4
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,031
1,006
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
-
1,084
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
6
5
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$700,000
$515,000
House price YoY
+2.6%
-7.2%
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.
-
-
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
Train to CBD, AM peak Nearest-station AM-peak estimate (VIC/QLD/WA); a blank means no station matched within range for that suburb - not that it has no transport.
32 min
-
GPs nearby
0
3
Supermarkets nearby
1
4
Parks nearby
80
24
Train stations
0
3
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
548
2,478
Change vs prior year
+2%
-7%

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 · Fraser Rise - Plumpton
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Deanside Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Fraser Rise - Plumpton.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 590
ICSEA 1044
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Fraser Rise - Plumpton (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

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To · Warrnambool - South
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Warrnambool East Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Warrnambool - South.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 496
ICSEA 994
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Warrnambool - South (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 Help of Christians School
Catholic 470 students
ICSEA 1084 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

Warrnambool - South's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,006, compared to 1,031 in Fraser Rise - Plumpton. 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 Warrnambool - South 1,084 (1 school), Fraser Rise - Plumpton none in this SA2.

There are 4 schools in Warrnambool - South, compared to 2 in Fraser Rise - Plumpton.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 5 in Warrnambool - South vs 6 in Fraser Rise - Plumpton.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Warrnambool - South at 6.5% (vs 52.9% in Fraser Rise - Plumpton).

Warrnambool - South has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 4, below Fraser Rise - Plumpton's Decile 7. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 26% lower in Warrnambool - South ($515,000 vs $700,000).

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House$646,500
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Schools11
Childcare26
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 4 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 5 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 6 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 3 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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