Suburb by suburb snapshot – Long Gully

Long Gully is approximately 3.4 square kilometres in size with the population in 2011 of 3,339.

By the 2016 Census the population had risen slightly to 3369, showing growth of 0.9 per cent in the area during that time.

Long Gully is three kilometres north-west of Bendigo’s city’s centre with the Long Gully Creek signifying the physical location of the suburb, and the Long Gully gold reefs ran southwards from Eaglehawk.

In its heyday Long Gully was particularly rich, realising yields as high as five ounces of gold to the ton.

Important historic reef mines were Hustlers (1853), Koch’s Pioneer and Hercules, the last-mentioned achieving peak production in 1933

Originally, Long Gully included the area of Ironbark which is now a separate suburb.

There were commercial and civic centres in Eaglehawk Road, now part of the Loddon Valley Highway, near Havilah Street and Creeth Street.

In 1878 A government school superseded an Anglican facility that had opened in 1856.

The mines were supported by foundries and engineering works, and the locally employed population supported local shops and hotels.

The southern part of Long Gully is distinguished by the Ironbark Creek gully, and west of the Loddon Valley Highway is the Ironbark or Victoria Hill conservation area.

It was an intensively mined area (1856-1949), with one shaft descending to 1402 metres.

The Nell Gwynne poppet head (1932) is a notable landmark and Long Gully was on the Eaglehawk tramline which closed in 1973.

The Long Gully primary school (1878) is on the Victorian Heritage Register and was closed in 1992.

Loddon Valley Highway through Long Gully is dotted with colonial-period houses, shops and existing and former hotels.

CoreLogic data indicates that the predominant age group in Long Gully is 20-29 years with households being primarily childless couples and are likely to be repaying $1000 – $1399 per month on mortgage repayments

In general, people in Long Gully work in a labourer occupation.

In 2011, 56.7 per cent of the homes in Long Gully were owner-occupied compared with 53.3 per cent in 2016.

 

TITBIT:

In its heyday Long Gully was particularly rich in gold reserves, realising yields as high as five ounces of gold to the ton.

 

Population: 3,383

Male: 48.7%

Female: 51.3%

Median age: 36

5-year population change: 0.9%

House median value: $475,000

Change in Median Price: (5yrs) is 56%

Median asking rent per week: $375

Average length of ownership: 12 years

Owner occupiers:66%

Renters: 44%

 

House median sale price:

November 2021: $374,600

November 2020: $306,000

November 2019: $273,250

November 2018: $267,000

November 2017: $255,000

 

House sales per annum:

Period ending November 2021: 111

Period ending November 2020: 53

 

Land median sale price:

November 2021: N/A

November 2020: N/A

 

Land sales per annum:

Period ending November 2021: 4

Period ending November 2020: 5