38.6% ▲ +2.6%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.6%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 38.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Golden Gully · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Golden Gully
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Lower qualification levels than most similar areas define Golden Gully, where only 10.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This gap is seen in school completion too, with far fewer people finishing Year 12 compared to the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 38.6% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Victoria figure of 61.8% and the national figure of 58.8%. Many residents left school earlier, with 27.7% reaching Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Golden Gully, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 10 (29%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher degrees are uncommon here, with a bachelor degree or higher held by just 10.5% of adults. This is far below the 29.2% seen in Victoria, while Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 47.4%.
10.5% ▲ +41.1%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 10.5%
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 Golden Gully, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 61%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related studies at 19.6%, followed by Management and Commerce at 14.4% and Health at 10.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 16 schools within 3km, which is more than 87% of similar areas. These schools are larger than most, with an average size of 542 students and a higher than usual advantage score.
16
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).
542
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,028
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Golden Gully
16 schools — 8,676 students, average ICSEA 1,028.
By sector: Government 11 · Catholic 3 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 10 · Combined 3 · Secondary 3
| Spring Gully Primary School, Bendigo | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 426 | 1,056 |
| St Monica's School, Kangaroo Flat | Catholic | Primary | 1.8 km | 284 | 1,032 |
| Bendigo Special Developmental School, Kangaroo Flat | Government | Combined | 2.2 km | 167 | 940 |
| Quarry Hill Primary School, Quarry Hill | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 324 | 1,037 |
| Golden Square Primary School, Golden Square | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 262 | 967 |
| Crusoe 7-10 Secondary College, Kangaroo Flat | Government | Secondary | 2.7 km | 925 | 966 |
| Kangaroo Flat Primary School, Kangaroo Flat | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 313 | 908 |
| St Joseph's School, Quarry Hill | Catholic | Primary | 2.8 km | 234 | 1,064 |
| Creek Street Christian College, Bendigo | Independent | Combined | 3.1 km | 457 | 1,063 |
| Girton Grammar School, Bendigo | Independent | Combined | 3.4 km | 1,195 | 1,148 |
| Bendigo South East 7-10 Secondary College, Bendigo | Government | Secondary | 3.6 km | 1,030 | 1,016 |
| Specimen Hill Primary School, Golden Square | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 234 | 934 |
| Bendigo Primary School, Bendigo | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 196 | 1,005 |
| St Therese's School, Kennington | Catholic | Primary | 4.2 km | 460 | 1,076 |
| Camp Hill Primary School, Bendigo | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 251 | 1,040 |
| Bendigo Senior Secondary College, Bendigo | Government | Secondary | 4.4 km | 1,918 | 1,003 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Golden Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21055/golden-gully/topic/education