Moving to Wendouree (Miners Rest area) from Fraser Rise (Plumpton area)
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Wendouree - Miners Rest and Fraser Rise - Plumpton, side by side - all from public government data.
Wendouree (Miners Rest area) has 15,548 people (ABS, June 2025), +0.2% in a year, a median house price of $537,600, 7 schools and 14 childcare services. Full Wendouree (Miners Rest area) 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.
Deanside Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Fraser Rise - Plumpton.
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.
See the catchment on the mapWe show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Yuille Park Community College
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Wendouree - Miners Rest.
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.
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
Wendouree - Miners Rest's government schools have an average ICSEA of 922, 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 Wendouree - Miners Rest 1,069 (2 schools), Fraser Rise - Plumpton none in this SA2.
There are 7 schools in Wendouree - Miners Rest, compared to 2 in Fraser Rise - Plumpton.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 14 in Wendouree - Miners Rest vs 6 in Fraser Rise - Plumpton.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Wendouree - Miners Rest at 5.5% (vs 52.9% in Fraser Rise - Plumpton).
Wendouree - Miners Rest has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 1, below Fraser Rise - Plumpton's Decile 7. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 23% lower in Wendouree - Miners Rest ($537,600 vs $700,000).
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What is the population of Wendouree (Miners Rest area)?
15,548 people lived in Wendouree (Miners Rest area) at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +0.2% over the year. Fraser Rise (Plumpton area) had 24,739.
Are houses cheaper in Wendouree (Miners Rest area) than in Fraser Rise (Plumpton area)?
Yes. The median house price is $537,600 in Wendouree (Miners Rest area) and $700,000 in Fraser Rise (Plumpton area), 23% lower in Wendouree (Miners Rest area).
How many schools are in Wendouree (Miners Rest area)?
ACARA lists 7 schools in Wendouree (Miners Rest area), against 2 in Fraser Rise (Plumpton area). The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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Plan the move: Fraser Rise - Plumpton → Wendouree - Miners Rest