Moving to California Gully - Eaglehawk from Ballarat North - Invermay
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for California Gully - Eaglehawk and Ballarat North - Invermay, side by side - all from public government data.
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Sources: ABS ERP June 2025 · ABS Census 2021 · ABS SEIFA 2021 · ACARA School Profile 2025 · ACECQA NQS register · Valuer-General Victoria & DFFH (VIC) · DCJ Housing (NSW) · NSW BOCSAR (NSW) · CSA Victoria (VIC). How we source this data →
The free government school your child can attend in each area - side by side, never a blended average.
Black Hill Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Ballarat North - Invermay.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Ballarat North - Invermay (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
See the catchment on the mapFee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone - they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.
We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Eaglehawk Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in California Gully - Eaglehawk.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of California Gully - Eaglehawk (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
See the catchment on the mapFee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone - they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.
We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
California Gully - Eaglehawk's government schools have an average ICSEA of 916, compared to 1,006 in Ballarat North - Invermay. ICSEA reflects the socioeconomic intake of students, not teaching quality - it is not a ranking of school performance.
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA California Gully - Eaglehawk 1,018 (1 school), Ballarat North - Invermay 1,090 (1 school).
There are 5 schools in California Gully - Eaglehawk, compared to 7 in Ballarat North - Invermay.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 7 in California Gully - Eaglehawk vs 12 in Ballarat North - Invermay.
California Gully - Eaglehawk has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 1, below Ballarat North - Invermay's Decile 6. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
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Plan the move: Ballarat North - Invermay → California Gully - Eaglehawk