68.0% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 68.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Barunah Park · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Well above the national average for school completion, Barunah Park has 68% of its residents finishing Year 12. However, the area has a striking gap in higher education, with no adults holding a bachelor degree or higher.
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is much higher here than in most similar areas. At 68%, this is well above the Victorian figure of 61.8% and the national rate of 58.8%.
68.0% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Barunah Park, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 11 (18%) and Year 9 or below (18%).
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is far below the state and national figures, with 0% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Barunah Park, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 77%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 23%.
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Agriculture & environment at 21%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller in school access than about 59% of similar places.
0
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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Barunah Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20157/barunah-park/topic/education