35.9% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 35.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Balintore · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Balintore
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Zero adults in Balintore hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average. This highlights a community where formal university qualifications are rare, and school completion rates are much lower than in most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 35.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the 61.8% seen across Victoria. About 20.5% of the population finished Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Balintore, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (25%) and Year 11 (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are absent here, with the area among the lowest in the nation for bachelor degrees. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 29.2% of adults.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Balintore, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 70%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 30%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are mostly focused on practical fields, with agriculture and environment leading at 20.8%. Health (16.7%), engineering (12.5%), and education (12.5%) are also common areas of study.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The two schools within 3km are much smaller than those in most areas, with an average size of 60 students. These schools are split evenly between government and Catholic providers.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
60
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
947
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Balintore
2 schools — 119 students, average ICSEA 947.
By sector: Catholic 1 · Government 1
By type: Primary 1 · Combined 1
| St Brendan's School, Coragulac | Catholic | Primary | 4.4 km | 37 | 977 |
| Lake Colac School, Colac | Government | Combined | 6.1 km | 82 | 933 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Balintore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20107/balintore/topic/education