43.1% ▲ +16.6%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.0%
- 2016: 38.0%
- 2021: 43.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Briagolong · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Briagolong
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Briagolong finished Year 12 compared to the rest of the state, with only 43.1% completing their final school year. This reflects a broader trend in the area where higher education levels are much lower than the national average. Most adults here hold trade-based certificates rather than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 43.1% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. About 21.3% of the community left school at Year 10, while 17.3% reached Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Briagolong, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (23%) and Year 11 (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 17.0% of the population, well below the Australian average of 26.3%. Instead, Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 37.0% of residents.
17.0% ▲ +20.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 17.0%
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 Briagolong, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are engineering and related topics at 17.2%, followed by society and culture at 12.5% and education at 11.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are much smaller than most areas, with an average size of 84 students. There is one government primary school within 3km, though the average school advantage score is lower than most areas.
4.95
Higher than 58% 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).
84
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
955
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Briagolong
1 school — 84 students, average ICSEA 955.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Briagolong Primary School, Briagolong | Government | Primary | 5.1 km | 84 | 955 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Briagolong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20330/briagolong/topic/education