42.9% ▲ +23.4%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.7%
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Barongarook West · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Barongarook West
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 10% of adults in Barongarook West hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure. This gap in higher education is mirrored in schooling, where far fewer people finished Year 12 compared to the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 42.9%, which is far below the 61.8% seen across Victoria. About 18% of residents finished Year 11, while 17.5% reached Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Barongarook West, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 11 (20%) and Year 10 (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area has a lower rate of university degrees than most similar places, with only 10% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 45.9% of residents.
10.0% ▲ +1.4%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 10.0%
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 Barongarook West, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 15%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with Engineering at 13.7% and Agriculture and Environment at 13%. Management and commerce also make up 12.3% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of this 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Barongarook West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20150/barongarook-west/topic/education