48.0% ▲ +23.1%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.0%
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 48.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bulla · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bulla
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of adults in Bulla have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This trend is reflected in the local qualifications, where only 12.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 48.0%, which is far below the Victorian rate of 61.8% and the Australian figure of 58.8%. Around 18.2% of residents reached Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bulla, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 10 is next at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 12.5% of the population, far below the 26.3% national average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 39.0% of residents.
12.5% ▲ +22.7%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 12.5%
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 Bulla, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (21%) and Bachelor degree (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common areas of study at 20.6%, followed by architecture and building at 13.3% and management and commerce at 12.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Bulla has 10 schools within 3 km, which is more than 82% of similar areas. These schools are larger than most, with an average size of 663 students and a higher-than-average advantage score.
10
Higher than 79% 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).
663
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,037
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bulla
10 schools — 6,633 students, average ICSEA 1,037.
By sector: Catholic 6 · Government 4
By type: Primary 5 · Secondary 4 · Combined 1
| Goonawarra Primary School, Sunbury | Government | Primary | 6.8 km | 351 | 999 |
| Sunbury Primary School, Sunbury | Government | Primary | 7.1 km | 400 | 1,056 |
| Sunbury And Macedon Ranges Specialist School, Sunbury | Government | Combined | 7.1 km | 283 | 998 |
| Our Lady of Mount Carmel School, Sunbury | Catholic | Primary | 7.8 km | 299 | 1,061 |
| Catholic Regional College North Keilor, Keilor Lodge | Catholic | Secondary | 7.8 km | 642 | 1,045 |
| Cana Catholic Primary School, Hillside | Catholic | Primary | 7.9 km | 508 | 1,039 |
| Catholic Regional College Sydenham, Sydenham | Catholic | Secondary | 8.1 km | 974 | 1,028 |
| Emmaus Catholic Primary School, Sydenham | Catholic | Primary | 8.2 km | 476 | 1,067 |
| Salesian College Sunbury, Sunbury | Catholic | Secondary | 8.2 km | 1,720 | 1,059 |
| Sunbury College, Sunbury | Government | Secondary | 8.7 km | 980 | 993 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bulla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20381/bulla/topic/education