Moving to Wollert from Ballarat
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Wollert and Ballarat, side by side - all from public government data.
Wollert has 36,658 people (ABS, June 2025), +9.5% in a year, a median house price of $725,000, 8 schools and 24 childcare services. Full Wollert 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.
Edgars Creek Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Wollert.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Wollert (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
Government schools in Wollert and Ballarat have a similar average ICSEA (1,026 and 1,027) - a measure of student intake, not teaching quality.
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Wollert 1,085 (2 schools), Ballarat 1,099 (4 schools).
There are 8 schools in Wollert, compared to 9 in Ballarat.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 24 in Wollert vs 11 in Ballarat.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Wollert at 67.4% (vs 8.2% in Ballarat).
Wollert has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 6, below Ballarat's Decile 7. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
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What is the population of Wollert?
36,658 people lived in Wollert at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +9.5% over the year. Ballarat had 11,668.
Are houses cheaper in Wollert than in Ballarat?
Yes. The median house price is $725,000 in Wollert and $750,000 in Ballarat, 3% lower in Wollert.
How many schools are in Wollert?
ACARA lists 8 schools in Wollert, against 9 in Ballarat. The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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Plan the move: Ballarat → Wollert