48.6% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.7%
- 2021: 48.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bolinda · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bolinda
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Management and commerce is the most common field of study for qualified residents in Bolinda. While more people here have finished Year 12 than in many similar areas, the local figures remain far below the state and national averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 48.6% of residents completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the Victorian rate of 61.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bolinda, Year 12 is the majority at 54%; Year 10 is next at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Roughly 19.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is higher than most similar areas, though it sits well below the national figure of 26.3%.
19.5% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Bolinda splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (33%) and Certificate III / IV (33%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
People with qualifications in Bolinda most often studied management and commerce (22.7%), followed by health (13.6%) and society and culture (12.5%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by a single government primary school. This school is much smaller than those in most similar areas, but there are more schools per 1,000 children than in most places at this level.
38.46
Higher than 99% 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).
48
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,004
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bolinda
1 school — 48 students, average ICSEA 1,004.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Bolinda Primary School, Bolinda | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 48 | 1,004 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bolinda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20272/bolinda/topic/education