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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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Comparing
Bendigo Surrounds - South
VIC · current home
Wollert
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
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) A relative socio-economic index - not a measure of safety or community quality.
Decile 7
Decile 6
IRSAD score
1,025
1,002
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
4
8
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,012
1,026
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
-
1,085
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
6
24
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$673,800
$725,000
House price YoY
+5.3%
+4.3%
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.
-
-
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
Train to CBD, AM peak
116 min
46 min
GPs nearby
0
0
Supermarkets nearby
0
0
Parks nearby
1
178
Train stations
0
0
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
-
1,052
Change vs prior year
-
+6%

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 suburb name: 24 in Wollert vs 6 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.

Median house prices are 8% higher in Wollert ($725,000 vs $673,800).

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