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Moving to Wendouree - Miners Rest from Corio - Lovely Banks

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Wendouree - Miners Rest and Corio - Lovely Banks, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Corio - Lovely Banks
VIC · current home
Wendouree - Miners Rest
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
18,486
15,548
Annual growth
+0.2%
+0.2%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,230/wk
$1,191/wk
Overseas born
25.0%
8.8%
Non-English-speaking background
24.5%
5.5%
Children aged 0–14
18.4%
18.5%
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 1
Decile 1
IRSAD score
849
886
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
4
7
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
877
922
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,039
1,069
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
9
14
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$595,000
$537,600
House price YoY
+18.2%
+18.5%
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.
$420
-
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
Train to CBD, AM peak
54 min
88 min
GPs nearby
0
1
Supermarkets nearby
2
2
Parks nearby
39
42
Train stations
1
0
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
2,118
1,672
Change vs prior year
+7%
+13%

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 →

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The free government school your child can attend in each area - side by side, never a blended average.

From · Corio - Lovely Banks
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Northern Bay P-12 College

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Corio - Lovely Banks.

Sector Government
Years Prep-12
Students 1,726
ICSEA 877
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Corio - Lovely Banks (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)
Geelong Grammar School
Independent 1,422 students
ICSEA 1149 intake context
Geelong Baptist College
Independent 255 students
ICSEA 1031 intake context
St Francis Xavier School
Catholic 177 students
ICSEA 937 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 · Wendouree - Miners Rest
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Yuille Park Community College

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Wendouree - Miners Rest.

Sector Government
Years Prep-12
Students 209
ICSEA 840
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Wendouree - Miners Rest (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)
Ballarat Grammar
Independent 1,989 students
ICSEA 1120 intake context
Our Lady Help of Christians School
Catholic 101 students
ICSEA 1017 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

Wendouree - Miners Rest's government schools have an average ICSEA of 922, compared to 877 in Corio - Lovely Banks. 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 Wendouree - Miners Rest 1,069 (2 schools), Corio - Lovely Banks 1,039 (3 schools).

There are 7 schools in Wendouree - Miners Rest, compared to 4 in Corio - Lovely Banks.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 14 in Wendouree - Miners Rest vs 9 in Corio - Lovely Banks.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Wendouree - Miners Rest at 5.5% (vs 24.5% in Corio - Lovely Banks).

Median house prices are 10% lower in Wendouree - Miners Rest ($537,600 vs $595,000).

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House$623,000
Gov ICSEA970
Schools2
Childcare7
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 3 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 1 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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House$580,000
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 3 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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Childcare4
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 3 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
Maryborough VIC
House$435,000
Gov ICSEA921
Schools3
Childcare6
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 1 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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