48.2% ▲ +21.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.7%
- 2016: 41.8%
- 2021: 48.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Barongarook · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Barongarook
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Barongarook have finished high school compared to most of the country, but a surprising number hold university degrees. While only 48.2% completed Year 12, about 18.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is a higher proportion than in many similar areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 48.2% of people here finished Year 12, a figure that is far below the Victorian average of 61.8%. About 22.6% of residents left school after Year 11, while 17% finished Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Barongarook, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 11 (23%) and Year 10 (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Nearly half of qualified adults hold a Certificate III or IV. While the 18.3% of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is higher than in similar areas, it remains well below the national figure of 26.3%.
18.3% ▲ +21.2%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 18.3%
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 Barongarook, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Bachelor degree (20%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Barongarook are spread across several fields, led by Engineering at 19.4%. Other common areas of study include Society and Culture at 15% and Management and Commerce at 10.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar places 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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Barongarook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20149/barongarook/topic/education