33.3% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Basalt · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Basalt
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
One third of adults in Basalt hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure well above the national average. While high-level qualifications are common, the area has a surprisingly low rate of Year 12 completion. This creates a sharp divide in the educational profile of the local population.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 33.3% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia. About a third of people in the area stopped their schooling after Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Basalt splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (41%) and Year 10 (41%), with Year 11 at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Educational attainment at the top end is strong, with 33.3% of adults holding a university degree or higher. This is much higher than most similar areas and sits well above the national figure of 26.3%.
33.3% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
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 Basalt, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 59%; Bachelor degree is next at 41%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Architecture & building at 50%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3 km, though it is much smaller than those in most other areas with a typical size of 42 students.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
42
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,001
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Basalt
1 school — 42 students, average ICSEA 1,001.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Hepburn Primary School, Hepburn | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 42 | 1,001 |
Sources
More for Basalt
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Basalt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20163/basalt/topic/education