60.4% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 59.3%
- 2021: 60.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bambra · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bambra
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Much higher rates of high school completion than most similar areas define the educational profile of Bambra. While 60.4% of residents finished Year 12, the area sees far fewer adults with university degrees compared to the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 60.4% of people finished Year 12, which is a little above the national figure of 58.8%. This level of school completion is much higher than in most similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bambra, Year 12 is the majority at 62%; Year 11 is next at 22%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 16.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Victorian figure of 29.2%. The most common qualifications are Certificate III or IV, held by 22.2% of residents.
16.2% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Bambra splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (30%) and Bachelor degree (28%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 26%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with engineering and related subjects being the most common at 17.5%, followed by health at 15.9% and education at 12.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of the area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar areas in this regard.
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Lower than 99% 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bambra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20127/bambra/topic/education