34.2% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Balliang East · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Balliang East
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents have finished high school or university in Balliang East compared to most other areas. Only 34.2% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. This gap in formal schooling is mirrored in higher education, where university degrees are much less common than in the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 34.2% of residents finished Year 12, a figure far below the national average of 58.8%. Other common levels of schooling include Year 10 at 21.1% and Year 11 at 13.2%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Balliang East, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (28%) and Year 11 (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 11.4% of the population, which is far below the Victorian figure of 29.2%. The most common qualifications are Certificate III or IV at 19.6% and bachelor degrees at 18.6%.
11.4% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Balliang East splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (37%) and Bachelor degree (35%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 27%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields of study are society and culture at 11.3% and engineering and related fields at 10.3%. Education accounts for 8.2% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km, and the area has much more schools per 1,000 children than most similar places. However, the average school size is much lower than most areas at just 72 students.
22.22
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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 East
1 school — 72 students, average ICSEA 928.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Balliang East Primary School, Balliang East | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 72 | 928 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Balliang East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20116/balliang-east/topic/education