39.5% ▲ +14.1%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.7%
- 2016: 37.6%
- 2021: 39.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Balcolyn · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Balcolyn
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than 40% of people in Balcolyn have completed Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This highlights a trend of lower formal schooling levels across the area. Most adults here hold trade certificates rather than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 39.5% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. About 36.4% of the population stopped after Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Balcolyn splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (41%) and Year 10 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 12%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 16.1%, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 42.2% of people.
16.1% ▲ +2.9%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 16.1%
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 Balcolyn, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with degrees, the most common fields are Engineering and related subjects at 18.8%, followed by Management and commerce at 15.1% and Health at 14.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one combined independent school within 3km, which is smaller than most schools in similar areas with an average size of 106 students.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
106
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,001
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Balcolyn
1 school — 106 students, average ICSEA 1,001.
By sector: Independent 1
By type: Combined 1
| Brightwaters Christian College, Brightwaters | Independent | Combined | 2.1 km | 106 | 1,001 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Balcolyn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10146/balcolyn/topic/education