42.3% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 42.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
South Ballina · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in South Ballina
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Seven different schools serve South Ballina, which is more than most similar areas. While the local school advantage score is higher than in most places, fewer residents have finished Year 12 compared to the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 42.3% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and Australian figures of around 59%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In South Ballina, Year 12 is the majority at 65%; Year 10 is next at 35%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 19.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is higher than most similar areas, though it remains well below the national figure of 26.3%.
19.2% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →South Ballina splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (50%) and Certificate III / IV (50%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Engineering & related at 50%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (25%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools have a higher average advantage score than most areas, with government schools making up 57.1% of the seven nearby options.
7
Higher than 75% 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).
393
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,021
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving South Ballina
7 schools — 2,752 students, average ICSEA 1,021.
By sector: Government 4 · Independent 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3 · Combined 3 · Secondary 1
| Ballina Public School, Ballina | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 254 | 869 |
| St Francis Xavier Primary School, Ballina | Catholic | Primary | 1.7 km | 398 | 1,045 |
| Ballina Coast High School, Ballina | Government | Secondary | 1.9 km | 722 | 952 |
| Biala Special School, Ballina | Independent | Combined | 2.5 km | 33 | 898 |
| Southern Cross School of Distance Education, East Ballina | Government | Combined | 4.1 km | 79 | 896 |
| Southern Cross Public School, East Ballina | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 388 | 1,053 |
| Emmanuel Anglican College, Ballina | Independent | Combined | 4.3 km | 878 | 1,113 |
Sources
More for South Ballina
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in South Ballina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13592/south-ballina/topic/education