48.9% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 48.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bridgewater North · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bridgewater North
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 20 percentage points separates the rate of bachelor degrees in Bridgewater North from the Victorian average. While more people here finished Year 12 than in many similar areas, the place generally falls well below state and national figures for higher education.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 48.9% of residents finished Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this is still far below the 61.8% seen across Victoria.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bridgewater North, Year 12 is the majority at 62%; Year 9 or below is next at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 8.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below both the state and national averages. Most qualified adults hold a Certificate III or IV, accounting for 42.3% of the group.
8.9% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 8.9%
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 Bridgewater North, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications have a varied range of fields, with the most common being society and culture at 23.1% and management and commerce at 19.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one primary government school in the area, which is among the smallest of its kind with an average size of 13 students. Its school advantage score of 941 is much lower than most other areas.
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).
13
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
941
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bridgewater North
1 school — 13 students, average ICSEA 941.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Bridgewater Primary School, Bridgewater On Loddon | Government | Primary | 7.9 km | 13 | 941 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bridgewater North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20334/bridgewater-north/topic/education