72.0% ▲ +33.5%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.9%
- 2016: 56.1%
- 2021: 72.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Breamlea · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Breamlea
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly half of all adults in Breamlea hold a bachelor's degree or higher, a figure far above the national average. This high level of education is reflected across the community, with a very high proportion of residents completing Year 12. It is an area where many adults have pursued significant further study.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is high here, with 72% of people finishing Year 12. This is far above the 61.8% seen across Victoria and the 58.8% national figure.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Breamlea, Year 12 is the majority at 76%; Year 11 is next at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area is among the most qualified in the region, with 45.5% of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher. This is far above the typical Victorian (29.2%) and Australian (26.3%) levels.
45.5% ▲ +36.0%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.4%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 45.5%
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 Breamlea, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 36%, followed by Postgraduate degree (20%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Breamlea cover a wide range of fields, with education and health as the most common, followed by engineering, society and culture, and the creative arts.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3 km, which is larger than those in about 59% of similar areas and has a very high average 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).
678
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,099
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Breamlea
1 school — 678 students, average ICSEA 1,099.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Torquay Coast Primary School, Torquay | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 678 | 1,099 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Breamlea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20327/breamlea/topic/education