40.8% ▲ +7.7%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.9%
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 40.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Blandford · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Blandford
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of the adults in Blandford have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This reflects a community where many people leave school early or hold vocational certificates rather than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 40.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is 18 percentage points lower than both the state and national averages. About 31.8% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Blandford, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (37%) and Year 9 or below (8%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 15.8%, far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 31.9% of adults.
15.8% ▲ +30.6%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 15.8%
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 Blandford, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are mostly in management and commerce at 26.1%, followed by engineering at 16.8% and health at 12.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school in the area, which is very small with an average size of just 10 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).
10
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
978
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Blandford
1 school — 10 students, average ICSEA 978.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Blandford Public School, Blandford | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 10 | 978 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Blandford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10405/blandford/topic/education