55.6% ▲ +23.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.2%
- 2016: 48.9%
- 2021: 55.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Balgownie · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Balgownie
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Management and commerce degrees are the most common qualification in Balgownie, where 21.2% of residents hold them. This is a well-educated area where nearly 28% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is a little above the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
While 55.6% of residents finished Year 12, which is higher than in most similar areas, this is well below the New South Wales and national figures.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Balgownie, Year 12 is the majority at 58%; Year 10 is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 28.4% of the population, a figure that is much higher than most areas and slightly above the Australian average.
28.4% ▲ +37.1%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Balgownie splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (32%) and Certificate III / IV (31%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with engineering and related studies at 17.7%, followed by society and culture at 11.3% and health at 10.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools have an advantage score of 1,054, which is much higher than most areas, and there are 24 schools within 3 km of the area.
0.95
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
24
Higher than 87% 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).
349
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,054
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Balgownie
24 schools — 8,368 students, average ICSEA 1,054.
By sector: Government 17 · Independent 4 · Catholic 3
By type: Primary 16 · Secondary 6 · Combined 2
| Balgownie Public School, Balgownie | Government | Primary | 0.0 km | 329 | 1,076 |
| Pleasant Heights Public School, Mount Pleasant | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 241 | 1,126 |
| Tarrawanna Public School, Tarrawanna | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 164 | 982 |
| Fairy Meadow Public School, Fairy Meadow | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 342 | 1,002 |
| Mount Ousley Public School, Fairy Meadow | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 193 | 1,079 |
| Good Samaritan Catholic Primary School, Fairy Meadow | Catholic | Primary | 2.1 km | 335 | 1,081 |
| Wollongong Flexible School, Towradgi | Independent | Secondary | 2.2 km | 71 | 895 |
| Elonera Montessori School, Mount Ousley | Independent | Combined | 2.4 km | 187 | 1,108 |
| Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts, Fairy Meadow | Government | Secondary | 2.7 km | 1,169 | 1,075 |
| Keira High School, Fairy Meadow | Government | Secondary | 2.7 km | 723 | 984 |
| Towradgi Public School, Fairy Meadow | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 134 | 1,031 |
| Keiraville Public School, Keiraville | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 297 | 1,103 |
| Mount Keira Public School, Mount Keira | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 91 | 1,072 |
| Para Meadows School, North Wollongong | Government | Combined | 3.1 km | 113 | 945 |
| St Columbkille's Catholic Primary School, Corrimal | Catholic | Primary | 3.2 km | 339 | 1,073 |
| Corrimal Public School, Corrimal | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 227 | 1,013 |
| Corrimal East Public School, Corrimal | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 297 | 1,046 |
| Aspect South Coast School, Corrimal | Independent | Primary | 3.4 km | 129 | 1,017 |
| St Brigid's Catholic Primary School, Gwynneville | Catholic | Primary | 3.4 km | 175 | 1,083 |
| Gwynneville Public School, Gwynneville | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 271 | 1,065 |
| Edmund Rice College, West Wollongong | Independent | Secondary | 3.8 km | 1,054 | 1,083 |
| Corrimal High School, Corrimal | Government | Secondary | 3.8 km | 569 | 940 |
| Smiths Hill High School, Wollongong | Government | Secondary | 4.2 km | 736 | 1,186 |
| Bellambi Public School, Bellambi | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 182 | 807 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Balgownie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10156/balgownie/topic/education