Moving to White Hills (Ascot area) from Ballarat
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for White Hills - Ascot and Ballarat, side by side - all from public government data.
White Hills (Ascot area) has 16,095 people (ABS, June 2025), +3.0% in a year, a median house price of $650,000, 5 schools and 14 childcare services. Full White Hills (Ascot 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.
Pleasant Street Primary School (Ballarat)
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Ballarat.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Ballarat (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.
Epsom Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in White Hills - Ascot.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of White Hills - Ascot (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
White Hills - Ascot's government schools have an average ICSEA of 965, compared to 1,027 in Ballarat. 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 White Hills - Ascot 1,052 (1 school), Ballarat 1,099 (4 schools).
There are 5 schools in White Hills - Ascot, compared to 9 in Ballarat.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 14 in White Hills - Ascot vs 11 in Ballarat.
White Hills - Ascot has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 4, below Ballarat's Decile 7. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 13% lower in White Hills - Ascot ($650,000 vs $750,000).
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What is the population of White Hills (Ascot area)?
16,095 people lived in White Hills (Ascot area) at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +3.0% over the year. Ballarat had 11,668.
Are houses cheaper in White Hills (Ascot area) than in Ballarat?
Yes. The median house price is $650,000 in White Hills (Ascot area) and $750,000 in Ballarat, 13% lower in White Hills (Ascot area).
How many schools are in White Hills (Ascot area)?
ACARA lists 5 schools in White Hills (Ascot area), against 9 in Ballarat. The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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