40.8% ▼ -10.1%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.4%
- 2016: 36.7%
- 2021: 40.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Broomfield · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Broomfield
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Broomfield finished high school compared to the rest of the state, with only 40.8% completing Year 12. Despite this gap in basic schooling, the area has more adults with university degrees than most similar places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 40.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8% and the national average of 58.8%. About 20.7% of the population left school after Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Broomfield, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 11 (24%) and Year 10 (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Roughly 19.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but well below the 26.3% seen across Australia. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 37.4% of residents.
19.7% ▲ +3.5%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 19.7%
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 Broomfield, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (29%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (11%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Degrees in this area are spread across several fields, with engineering and related studies leading at 13.9%, followed by management and commerce at 13%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The local primary school is small, with an average size of 58 students, which is much lower than most other areas. This single government-run school has a lower advantage score than most similar schools.
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).
58
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
968
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Broomfield
1 school — 58 students, average ICSEA 968.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Creswick North Primary School, Creswick | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 58 | 968 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Broomfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20354/broomfield/topic/education