Avoca
Victoria · Maryborough - Pyrenees · Ballarat
This profile uses the ABS Avoca statistical area (SA2) — the level Australian government data is published at. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries.
Avoca is a locality in the Maryborough - Pyrenees area of Victoria. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Avoca SA2.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Avoca SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings, police-recorded incidents.
Avoca Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Avoca.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Avoca (VIC catchment data).
See the catchment on the mapWe show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Primary catchment zone shown where matched to official government data. School pins are approximate (ACARA geocoded location).
Schools in Avoca
- Primary · Government · Years Prep-6Enrolment94ICSEA965
- Primary · Government · Years Prep-6Enrolment53ICSEA967
- Primary · Government · Years Prep-6Enrolment16ICSEA925
- Primary · Government · Years Prep-6Enrolment11ICSEA888
- Primary · Government · Years Prep-6Enrolment10ICSEA1056
- Primary · Government · Years 2-4Enrolment3ICSEA—
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All VIC schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Exceeding NQSA G Leech KindergartenCentre-Based Care · 33 places · Maryborough
- Exceeding NQSWallace & District KindergartenCentre-Based Care · 32 places · Wallace
- Meeting NQSKidscape Early Learning Centre BallaratCentre-Based Care · 110 places · Bonshaw
- Meeting NQSBrady Bunch Early Learning Centre Miners RestCentre-Based Care · 108 places · Miners Rest
- Meeting NQSGoldfields Children's CentreCentre-Based Care · 100 places · Maryborough
- Meeting NQSMiners Rest KindergartenCentre-Based Care · 100 places · Miners Rest
- Meeting NQSMINI MINERS EARLY LEARNING CENTRCentre-Based Care · 98 places · Miners Rest
- Meeting NQSSt Arnaud Early Learning CentreCentre-Based Care · 90 places · St Arnaud
- Meeting NQSOSHC Adventures Mount BlowhardCentre-Based Care · 70 places · Blowhard
- Meeting NQSRoseberry House Early Learning Centre MaryboroughCentre-Based Care · 70 places · Maryborough
- Meeting NQSAvoca PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 66 places · Avoca
- Meeting NQSNapoleons KindergartenCentre-Based Care · 66 places · Napoleons
+ 13 more services in this area's postcodes.
NQS = National Quality Standard, rated by ACECQA. Services matched by postcode — verify locations before visiting.
Safety — recorded incidents
- Incidents, latest year
- 79
- vs previous year
- +76%
- vs 2021
- 54
- Property and deception offences 55
- Crimes against the person 11
- Justice procedures offences 10
- Public order and security offences 2
- Drug offences 1
Police-recorded incident counts (Years ending December; latest = year ending December 2025). These are not population-adjusted and are not a judgement about the suburb — larger, busier areas record more incidents. More on safety →
Amenities
- GPs / clinics
- 1
- Supermarkets
- 2
- Parks
- 11
- Train stations
- 0
Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Avoca SA2 polygon. OpenStreetMap coverage varies — verify with local directories before relying on these counts.
Climate & hazards
- Bushfire overlay
- Within the official Bushfire Management Overlay · 31.7% of the SA2
This shows whether the Avoca SA2 intersects an official Victorian government hazard overlay, and the share of the SA2 area it covers. It is the published overlay extent — not a risk rating, hazard score, or insurance assessment, and we compute none. A single property inside the SA2 may or may not be affected. Not financial or insurance advice — check the current planning scheme and your insurer for any specific address.
Property & rent
- Median house price
- $415,000
- House price YoY
- 0.0%
- Median 3BR house rent
- —
Where did the loss come from?
-5Reading the streams: Australian movers from other suburbs drove most of the change.
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