33.9% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.1%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Black Range · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Black Range
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Black Range compared to most similar areas. While only 33.9% of residents completed Year 12, a higher than usual proportion of adults hold university degrees compared to similar small localities.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 33.9% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. Other residents' highest school years include Year 11 at 13.7% and Year 10 at 10.6%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Black Range, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 11 is next at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 17.3% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV at 18.8%.
17.3% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Black Range splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (36%) and Bachelor degree (33%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Health is the most common field of qualification at 11.9%, followed by society and culture at 10.8% and engineering at 9.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km, though its average size of 93 students is much lower than most areas. This school's average advantage score is among the lowest at this level.
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).
93
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
878
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Black Range
1 school — 93 students, average ICSEA 878.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Stawell West Primary School, Stawell | Government | Primary | 7.6 km | 93 | 878 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Black Range [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20250/black-range/topic/education