2
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools serving the area — within 3 km of small areas, or inside larger ones. A measure of access (catchments overlap, so don't add it across areas).
Sandy Gully · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Sandy Gully
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A school advantage score of 965 is lower than most areas, marking a clear gap between Sandy Gully and the rest of the state. This small community relies on primary education, with local school sizes being much lower than the norm.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The most common highest year of school is Year 12 at 47%, ahead of Year 10 (33%).
Highest year of school
View on map →In Sandy Gully, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 10 (29%) and Year 9 or below (29%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The most common highest qualification level is Certificate III / IV at 38%, ahead of Postgraduate degree (0%).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Sandy Gully, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Engineering & related at 50%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two primary schools within 3 km, which is more than about 66% of similar areas. These schools are split evenly between government and Catholic providers, though they are much smaller than most other schools.
41
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
965
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Sandy Gully
2 schools — 82 students, average ICSEA 965.
By sector: Government 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2
| Adelong Public School, Adelong | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 24 | 929 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, Adelong | Catholic | Primary | 3.4 km | 58 | 980 |
Sources
- Australian Schools List — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2025 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Sandy Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13499/sandy-gully/topic/education