39.3% ▲ +10.1%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.7%
- 2016: 38.4%
- 2021: 39.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Barnawartha · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Barnawartha
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Barnawartha sits around the middle of similar areas for higher education, though overall school completion is far below state and national levels. Only 39.3% of residents finished Year 12, which is 22 percentage points lower than the Victorian average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is low here, with 39.3% finishing Year 12, far below the national figure of 58.8%. Many residents left school earlier, including 23.9% who finished Year 10 and 16.7% who reached Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Barnawartha, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 10 (26%) and Year 11 (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 12.4% of adults, which is far below the 29.2% seen across Victoria. Instead, nearly half of qualified adults hold a Certificate III or IV.
12.4% ▲ +12.4%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Barnawartha, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering at 21% and Management and Commerce at 13.6%, followed by Health at 11.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Three primary schools are located within 3km, which is more than 70% of similar areas. These schools are small, with an average size of 55 students, and 66.7% are government-run.
5.13
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
55
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
989
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Barnawartha
3 schools — 164 students, average ICSEA 989.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3
| Barnawartha Primary School, Barnawartha | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 60 | 991 |
| St Joseph's School, Chiltern | Catholic | Primary | 9.3 km | 33 | 988 |
| Chiltern Primary School, Chiltern | Government | Primary | 9.5 km | 71 | 987 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Barnawartha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20146/barnawartha/topic/education