51.9% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 47.4%
- 2021: 51.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Browns Plains · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Browns Plains
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher qualification rates than most similar areas define Browns Plains, though these figures remain well below the state and national averages. Around 20.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, and over half the population has finished Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 51.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the 61.8% seen across Victoria.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Browns Plains, Year 12 is the majority at 59%; Year 10 is next at 23%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 20.5% of adults, a figure that sits above most similar areas but is well below the Australian average of 26.3%. Diplomas are the most common qualification here at 30.6%.
20.5% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Browns Plains splits fairly evenly between Advanced diploma / diploma (33%) and Bachelor degree (31%), with Certificate III / IV at 29%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 24.5%, followed by engineering and related fields at 20.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has two primary schools, both of which are government-run. These schools are smaller than those in most similar areas, with an average size of 106 students.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
106
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
985
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Browns Plains
2 schools — 211 students, average ICSEA 985.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Howlong Public School, Howlong | Government | Primary | 6.7 km | 151 | 982 |
| Barnawartha Primary School, Barnawartha | Government | Primary | 8.7 km | 60 | 991 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Browns Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20357/browns-plains/topic/education