39.3% ▲ +27.4%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 39.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bayles · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bayles
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Bayles have completed high school or university than in most similar areas. Only 39.3% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. This trend continues into higher education, with the area seeing a much lower rate of university degrees compared to the state and national averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is far less common here than in the rest of the country, with only 39.3% of residents doing so. This is 20 points lower than the Australian average, while 20.8% of people peaked at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bayles, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 10 (22%) and Year 9 or below (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon, as only 10.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Victorian rate of 29.2%. Instead, the most typical qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 45.9% of residents.
10.6% ▲ +18.6%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 10.6%
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 Bayles, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are Architecture and building at 14.9%, followed by Engineering and related fields at 13.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one primary school in the area, meaning there are 12.05 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This government-run school is smaller than most, with an average size of 161 students.
12.05
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
161
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
998
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bayles
1 school — 161 students, average ICSEA 998.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Bayles Regional Primary School, Bayles | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 161 | 998 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bayles [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20171/bayles/topic/education