39.6% ▲ +27.1%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 39.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ballimore · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Ballimore
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Ballimore finished high school than the national average, with only 39.6% completing Year 12. This gap reflects a broader trend in the area where higher education levels are much lower than across New South Wales and Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is far below the state and national figures, trailing both by 19 percentage points. About 27.3% of residents reached Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Ballimore, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 11.9% of the population, which is far below the national figure. Trade qualifications are more common here, with 42.9% of people holding a Certificate III or IV.
11.9% ▲ +2.1%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 11.9%
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 Ballimore, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 65%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Ballimore are most often in management and commerce at 17.7%, followed by engineering and related fields at 14.3% and agriculture and environment at 12.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools for its child population, though the only local school is a government primary school with a very small typical size of 13 students.
23.26
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
13
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
923
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Ballimore
1 school — 13 students, average ICSEA 923.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Ballimore Public School, Ballimore | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 13 | 923 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ballimore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10162/ballimore/topic/education