51.6% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 51.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bullumwaal · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bullumwaal
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A huge gap in higher education marks Bullumwaal, where no adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. While over half the population finished Year 12, this is still well below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just over half of residents, 51.6%, completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the Victorian average of 61.8%. Around 22.6% of the population finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bullumwaal, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 9 or below is next at 23%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in Bullumwaal have a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is far below the national average of 26.3%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Bullumwaal, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 44%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Engineering & related at 33%, ahead of Management & commerce (33%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, though its typical size of 32 students is much lower than most areas. The average school advantage score here is also much lower than in most other places.
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).
32
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
922
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bullumwaal
1 school — 32 students, average ICSEA 922.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Clifton Creek Primary School, Clifton Creek | Government | Primary | 9.0 km | 32 | 922 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bullumwaal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20389/bullumwaal/topic/education