Rochester, VIC Family Guide
VIC 3561 · Campaspe
Discover Rochester with your family: kids' activities, parks, schools and everyday family life.
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Explore Rochester
Parks, playgrounds and community places to discover nearby.
Activities around Rochester
Explore classes, age ranges and provider details.
Browse sports, classes & activity providers
Sports & local clubs around Rochester
Sports
- Soccer (1 in Rochester · 1 within 5 km) — Rochester Football Netball Club (0 km)
- Tennis (1 in Rochester · 1 within 5 km) — Rochester Sports Club (1.2 km)
Schools within 3 km of Rochester
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3 schools within 3 km of the Rochester centre, 3 with a Rochester address. See all schools with a Rochester address
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Parks, playgrounds & community places
Within 3 km (pools 5 km). Features shown only where verified.
Sports grounds (1)
What's coming up
One-off events and programs listed within 5 km, over the next 60 days.
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A look around Rochester
Rochester
At a glance
This guide brings together what AroundSchools lists for families in and around Rochester: 2 kids' activities within 5 km, 3 schools in Rochester, and parks and playgrounds.
- Sports
- Soccer, Tennis
- Parks & places
- 2 parks
- Explore nearby
- Echuca
Explore your neighbourhood
Connect schools, activities, events, homes and community places.
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Browse mapped places (7)
- St Joseph’s Primary School - RochesterSchool
- Rochester Primary SchoolSchool
- Rochester Secondary CollegeSchool
- Rochester Football Netball ClubActivity
- Rochester Sports ClubActivity
- Lions ParkPark or community place
- 43-45 Hood StreetHome for sale
Your council & community
Rochester within Campaspe
2 of the council area’s 8 activity providers · 1st of 5 suburbs by number of providers
Council-wide information and places near this suburb have different geographic scopes.
Homes with family context
Homes in and around Rochester
A summary. Each home’s page shows the schools and activities around it.
$478k
Median, houses
1
For sale within 5 km
For sale within 5 km of Rochester
Recently sold within 5 km of Rochester
Homes that have sold nearby. We don’t show sale prices.
Rochester, VIC 3561
Property Type: Apartment / Unit / Flat
Rochester, VIC 3561
Property Type: House
Rochester, VIC 3561
Property Type: House
Rochester, VIC 3561
Property Type: House
Rochester, VIC 3561
Property Type: House
Rochester, VIC 3561
Property Type: House
Medians are of settled sales (2025-Q4). Source: Victorian Property Sales Report © State of Victoria (Department of Transport and Planning), CC BY 4.0
Nearby suburbs
Find more for your family close by. Distances are measured between suburb centres.
Echuca
26.4 km
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Figures from AroundSchools listings and official published data, refreshed 22 Oct 2026.
Kids activities across Campaspe
Local guides & reading
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All kids' activities listed in Rochester
Grouped by kind; only listings whose address is in Rochester.