79.0% ▲ +16.7%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.7%
- 2016: 77.0%
- 2021: 79.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bells Beach · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bells Beach
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
About 79% of residents in Bells Beach have completed Year 12, which is far above the national figure. This is a highly educated community where many adults hold professional degrees. These high levels of schooling and university study stand out compared to most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is very high here, with 79% of people finishing Year 12. This is far above the 61.8% seen across Victoria and the 58.8% national average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bells Beach, Year 12 is the majority at 87%; Year 11 is next at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University education is common, as 41.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far above the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
41.4% ▲ +20.5%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 41.4%
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 Bells Beach, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 49%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (19%) and Certificate III / IV (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are society and culture at 19.6% and education at 16.5%, followed by engineering and related fields at 9.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by one government primary school, which is larger than those in about 59% of similar areas and has a very high advantage score.
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).
492
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,119
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bells Beach
1 school — 492 students, average ICSEA 1,119.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Bellbrae Primary School, Bellbrae | Government | Primary | 4.8 km | 492 | 1,119 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bells Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20200/bells-beach/topic/education