35.9% ▲ +34.9%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 35.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
California Gully · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in California Gully
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in California Gully than in the rest of the state. Only 35.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is a gap of 26 percentage points below the Victorian average. This trend extends to higher education, where university degrees are much less common than the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is much less common here than in most other areas, with only 35.9% of residents doing so. This is far below the Australian average of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In California Gully, the largest group is Year 12 at 39%, followed by Year 10 (24%) and Year 9 or below (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 9.8% of the population, which is far below the 29.2% seen across Victoria. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 41.5% of residents.
9.8% ▲ +47.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In California Gully, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Bachelor degree is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
People with qualifications in California Gully most often studied society and culture (16.8%) or engineering and related fields (12.9%). Health and management and commerce are also common fields of study.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 19 schools within 3km, which is more than about 89% of similar areas. While the average school size of 517 is higher than most, there are only 1.19 schools per 1,000 children, which is much lower than most areas.
1.19
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
19
Higher than 86% 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).
517
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
997
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving California Gully
19 schools — 9,827 students, average ICSEA 997.
By sector: Government 13 · Catholic 6
By type: Primary 13 · Secondary 4 · Combined 2
| St Liborius' School, Eaglehawk | Catholic | Primary | 0.6 km | 258 | 1,018 |
| Eaglehawk Secondary College, Eaglehawk | Government | Secondary | 1.0 km | 561 | 922 |
| Eaglehawk Primary School, Eaglehawk | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 159 | 869 |
| California Gully Primary School, California Gully | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 181 | 913 |
| Lightning Reef Primary School, Bendigo | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 165 | 858 |
| Kalianna School, Bendigo | Government | Combined | 1.9 km | 221 | 895 |
| St Peter's School, North Bendigo | Catholic | Primary | 2.1 km | 132 | 979 |
| Catherine McAuley College, Bendigo | Catholic | Secondary | 3.0 km | 1,567 | 1,055 |
| Eaglehawk North Primary School, Eaglehawk | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 269 | 958 |
| Bendigo Primary School, Bendigo | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 196 | 1,005 |
| Bendigo Senior Secondary College, Bendigo | Government | Secondary | 3.4 km | 1,918 | 1,003 |
| Camp Hill Primary School, Bendigo | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 251 | 1,040 |
| Marist College Bendigo, Maiden Gully | Catholic | Combined | 3.5 km | 1,203 | 1,040 |
| Weeroona College Bendigo, Bendigo | Government | Secondary | 3.6 km | 812 | 940 |
| St Kilian's School, Bendigo | Catholic | Primary | 3.6 km | 268 | 1,059 |
| Specimen Hill Primary School, Golden Square | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 234 | 934 |
| White Hills Primary School, White Hills | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 586 | 977 |
| Holy Rosary School, White Hills | Catholic | Primary | 4.5 km | 295 | 1,052 |
| Maiden Gully Primary School, Maiden Gully | Government | Primary | 4.8 km | 551 | 1,009 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in California Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20444/california-gully/topic/education