43.6% ▲ +12.0%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.9%
- 2016: 37.6%
- 2021: 43.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Balliang · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Balliang
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Balliang, where 37.6% of adults hold one. The area has a much lower proportion of university degrees and high school completions compared to the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 43.6% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian rate of 61.8% and the national figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Balliang, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 10 is next at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 15.0%, which is far below the 29.2% seen across Victoria.
15.0% ▼ -15.4%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 15.0%
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 Balliang, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Balliang are most often in Engineering and related fields (16.5%) or Society and culture (13.5%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km, though it is much smaller than most other schools and has a much lower advantage score than most areas.
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).
72
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
928
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Balliang
1 school — 72 students, average ICSEA 928.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Balliang East Primary School, Balliang East | Government | Primary | 6.2 km | 72 | 928 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Balliang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20115/balliang/topic/education