25.5% ▼ -21.2%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Balladoran · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Balladoran
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational levels in Balladoran have remained low over the last decade, with only 25.5% of residents completing Year 12. This is far below the national figure of 58.8%. Most adults in the area hold vocational certificates rather than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 25.5% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales rate of 58.9%. The most common highest year of school completed here is Year 10, at 30.9%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Balladoran, the largest group is Year 10 at 40%, followed by Year 12 (33%) and Year 9 or below (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common than in most areas, with only 9.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most frequent at 34.8%.
9.6% ▲ +10.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 9.6%
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 Balladoran, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 24%.
Field of study
What people studied.
People with qualifications in the area most often studied education, at 14.5%. Other common fields include engineering and related subjects at 11.6%, followed by health and agriculture and environment at 10.1% each.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is much smaller than most others with an average size of 11 students. This school also has an advantage score among the lowest for similar areas.
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).
11
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
879
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Balladoran
1 school — 11 students, average ICSEA 879.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Eumungerie Public School, Eumungerie | Government | Primary | 7.8 km | 11 | 879 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Balladoran [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10158/balladoran/topic/education