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Moving to Wollert from Bendigo Surrounds - South

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Wollert and Bendigo Surrounds - South, side by side — all from public government data.

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Bendigo Surrounds - South

VIC · current home

Wollert

VIC · destination

Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025

Population (2024)

9,094

36,658

Annual growth

+1.7%

+9.5%

Demographics ABS Census 2021

Median household income

$2,040/wk

$1,979/wk

Overseas born

6.8%

50.0%

Non-English-speaking background

2.4%

67.4%

Children aged 0–14

20.7%

29.1%

SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021

IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)

Decile 7

Decile 6

IRSAD score

1,025

1,002

Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA

Schools

Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)

1,012

1,026

Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)

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1,085

Childcare services (matched by postcode)

Property VIC + NSW in v1

Median house price

$672,500

$705,000

House price YoY

+1.9%

+2.9%

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.

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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.

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46 min

GPs nearby

Supermarkets nearby

Parks nearby

178

Train stations

Safety CSA Victoria (year ending Dec 2025)

Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)

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1,109

Change vs prior year

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+25%

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 · Bendigo Surrounds - South

Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Kangaroo Flat Primary School

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

Sector Government

Years Prep-6

Students 313

ICSEA 908

A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

The government catchment school for parts of Bendigo Surrounds - South is Kangaroo Flat Primary School — just outside the suburb boundary (VIC catchment data).

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We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.

To · Wollert

Government schools Live VIC + NSW catchments

Government schools in Wollert

Free government schools your child may attend. We couldn’t confirm the exact zone for this point, so we can’t confirm which one is yours.

Edgars Creek Secondary College Government · 1,330 students

ICSEA 999

Edgars Creek Primary School Government · 812 students

ICSEA 1025

Wollert Primary School Government · 601 students

ICSEA 1012

Wollert Secondary College Government · 389 students

ICSEA 1005

A picture of students’ family backgrounds (ICSEA) — not a ranking or a quality score.

Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)

Glowrey Catholic Primary School

Catholic 559 students

ICSEA 1071 intake context

Carlo Acutis Catholic Primary School

Catholic 111 students

ICSEA 1098 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

Government school academic context is comparable between Wollert (ICSEA 1,026) and Bendigo Surrounds - South (1,012).

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment — average ICSEA Wollert 1,085 (2 schools), Bendigo Surrounds - South none in this SA2.

There are 8 schools in Wollert, compared to 4 in Bendigo Surrounds - South.

Childcare services matched by postcode: 24 in Wollert vs 3 in Bendigo Surrounds - South.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Wollert at 67.4% (vs 2.4% in Bendigo Surrounds - South).

Wollert has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 6, below Bendigo Surrounds - South's Decile 7. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

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