39.6% ▲ +25.5%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 39.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Blind Bight · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Blind Bight
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 39.6% of residents in Blind Bight have finished Year 12, which is far below the national and state figures. This indicates a community where fewer people have completed secondary school compared to most other areas. These trends extend into higher education, where university degrees are much less common than the Australian average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion rates are far below the Victorian average of 61.8%, with only 39.6% of people finishing Year 12. About 22.8% of residents reached Year 10 as their highest level, while 12.7% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Blind Bight, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (24%) and Year 11 (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up just 9.5% of the population, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 52.6% of residents.
9.5% ▲ +152.3%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 9.5%
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 Blind Bight, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 63%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 14%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related studies at 19.9%, followed by Society and Culture at 12.4% and Management and Commerce at 11.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one primary school within 3 km, which is a government-run facility. This school is around the middle for its level in terms of size and 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).
283
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
992
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Blind Bight
1 school — 283 students, average ICSEA 992.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Tooradin Primary School, Tooradin | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 283 | 992 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Blind Bight [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20260/blind-bight/topic/education