59.0% ▲ +44.0%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.0%
- 2016: 48.6%
- 2021: 59.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Birregurra · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Birregurra
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people here have finished school and earned degrees than in most similar areas, making Birregurra a relatively well-qualified place. About 25.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is about the same as the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Roughly 59% of residents completed Year 12, which is much higher than in most similar areas, though a little below the Victorian figure.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Birregurra, Year 12 is the majority at 64%; Year 11 is next at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 25.7% of adults, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas but well below the state average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV at 31.3%.
25.7% ▲ +76.2%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Birregurra splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (36%) and Bachelor degree (32%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are society and culture at 13.1%, followed by health at 11.3% and education at 10.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The local primary school has a size of 115 students, which is lower than most areas, but it has an advantage score that is much higher than most similar places.
5.29
Higher than 60% 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).
115
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,052
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Birregurra
1 school — 115 students, average ICSEA 1,052.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Birregurra Primary School, Birregurra | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 115 | 1,052 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Birregurra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20247/birregurra/topic/education