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Moving to California Gully - Eaglehawk from Ballarat

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for California Gully - Eaglehawk and Ballarat, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Ballarat
VIC · current home
California Gully - Eaglehawk
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
11,668
13,523
Annual growth
-0.4%
+0.6%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,573/wk
$1,223/wk
Overseas born
13.3%
9.0%
Non-English-speaking background
8.2%
7.5%
Children aged 0–14
14.7%
19.1%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged) A relative socio-economic index - not a measure of safety or community quality.
Decile 7
Decile 1
IRSAD score
1,040
888
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
9
5
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,027
916
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,099
1,018
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
11
7
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.25M
$615,000
House price YoY
-22.7%
+21.6%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk A blank means rent was suppressed for this area (too few lettings to publish a reliable median) - not that rent is unavailable there.
$410
-
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
Train to CBD, AM peak
82 min
138 min
GPs nearby
4
1
Supermarkets nearby
0
0
Parks nearby
37
14
Train stations
1
1
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
-
346
Change vs prior year
-
-14%

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 →

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The free government school your child can attend in each area - side by side, never a blended average.

From · Ballarat
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Pleasant Street Primary School (Ballarat)

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Ballarat.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 350
ICSEA 1095
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Ballarat (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

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Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Ballarat Clarendon College
Independent 1,896 students
ICSEA 1172 intake context
St Patrick's College
Catholic 1,267 students
ICSEA 1055 intake context
Loreto College
Catholic 948 students
ICSEA 1073 intake context

Fee-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.

To · California Gully - Eaglehawk
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Eaglehawk Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in California Gully - Eaglehawk.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 159
ICSEA 869
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

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.

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Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
St Liborius' School
Catholic 258 students
ICSEA 1018 intake context

Fee-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.

Honest tradeoff

California Gully - Eaglehawk's government schools have an average ICSEA of 916, compared to 1,027 in Ballarat. 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 1,099 (4 schools).

There are 5 schools in California Gully - Eaglehawk, compared to 9 in Ballarat.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 7 in California Gully - Eaglehawk vs 11 in Ballarat.

California Gully - Eaglehawk has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 1, below Ballarat's Decile 7. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 51% lower in California Gully - Eaglehawk ($615,000 vs $1.25M).

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