42.3% ▲ +18.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.7%
- 2016: 44.6%
- 2021: 42.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bete Bolong · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bete Bolong
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More adults in Bete Bolong hold a bachelor degree or higher than in most similar areas, though only 42.3% of people finished Year 12. This mix of qualifications shows a gap between early schooling and higher education levels in the area.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion rates for Year 12 are far below the figures for Victoria and Australia, with only 42.3% of residents finishing their final school year.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bete Bolong, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 11 is next at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
While 19.4% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is higher than most similar areas, this remains well below the national figure of 26.3%.
19.4% ▲ +84.8%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 19.4%
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 Bete Bolong, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 32%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (26%) and Bachelor degree (24%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications held by residents are in Education (16.0%) and Engineering (14.0%), followed by Agriculture, Management, and Society and Culture at 8.0% each.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is much smaller than most others with an average size of 41 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).
41
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
886
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bete Bolong
1 school — 41 students, average ICSEA 886.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Newmerella Primary School, Newmerella | Government | Primary | 12.1 km | 41 | 886 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bete Bolong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20227/bete-bolong/topic/education