49.8% ▲ +22.4%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.7%
- 2016: 44.5%
- 2021: 49.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ballarat East · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Ballarat East
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 12 percentage points separates Ballarat East from the state average for Year 12 completions. While many residents have achieved higher qualifications, the area struggles to match Victoria's overall school finishing rates. It remains a place where a significant number of adults hold degrees, despite these figures sitting below the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just under half of residents, 49.8%, have completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the national figure of 58.8%. Around 16.3% of the population finished at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Ballarat East, Year 12 is the majority at 54%; Year 10 is next at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 23.8% of the population, a figure much higher than most similar areas. However, this is still a little below the Australian average of 26.3%.
23.8% ▲ +56.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Ballarat East splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (34%) and Bachelor degree (29%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are society and culture at 13.1%, followed by management and commerce at 12.8% and health at 12.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Ballarat East is home to 20 schools within 3km, which is more than 89% of similar areas. Most of these are primary schools, with 65% of the sector being government-run.
3.40
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
20
Higher than 87% 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).
405
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,071
Higher 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 Ballarat East
20 schools — 7,692 students, average ICSEA 1,071.
By sector: Government 13 · Catholic 6 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 16 · Secondary 3 · Combined 1
| St Alipius' Parish School, Ballarat East | Catholic | Primary | 1.0 km | 248 | 1,052 |
| Woodmans Hill Secondary College, Ballarat East | Government | Secondary | 1.0 km | 602 | 988 |
| Canadian Lead Primary School, Ballarat East | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 235 | 952 |
| Caledonian Primary School, Brown Hill | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 215 | 1,010 |
| St Francis Xavier School, Ballarat East | Catholic | Primary | 1.7 km | 482 | 1,071 |
| Sovereign Hill School, Ballarat | Government | Secondary | 2.0 km | — | — |
| Black Hill Primary School, Ballarat | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 397 | 1,042 |
| Little Bendigo Primary School, Nerrina | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 84 | 986 |
| Ballarat Primary School (Dana Street), Ballarat | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 227 | 1,069 |
| Mount Pleasant Primary School, Ballarat | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 129 | 972 |
| Macarthur Street Primary School, Soldiers Hill | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 83 | 951 |
| St Columba's School, Ballarat North | Catholic | Primary | 3.0 km | 334 | 1,090 |
| St Patrick's School, Ballarat | Catholic | Primary | 3.3 km | 249 | 1,096 |
| Ballarat North Primary School, Ballarat | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 330 | 1,002 |
| Warrenheip Primary School, Warrenheip | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 32 | 909 |
| Pleasant Street Primary School (Ballarat), Lake Wendouree | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 350 | 1,095 |
| St Aloysius' School, Redan | Catholic | Primary | 4.4 km | 254 | 1,022 |
| Ballarat Clarendon College, Ballarat | Independent | Combined | 4.5 km | 1,896 | 1,172 |
| St Patrick's College, Ballarat | Catholic | Secondary | 4.7 km | 1,267 | 1,055 |
| Newington Primary School, Ballarat | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 278 | 1,007 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ballarat East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20112/ballarat-east/topic/education