55.0% ▲ +11.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.5%
- 2016: 50.8%
- 2021: 55.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Canadian · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Canadian
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Canadian, where 28.9% of adults hold one. The area has a strong educational profile, with a bachelor's degree or higher held by 24.9% of adults, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 55% of residents completed Year 12, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but well below the state and national averages.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Canadian, Year 12 is the majority at 59%; Year 10 is next at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A quarter of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is much higher than most similar areas, though this remains a little below the Australian figure.
24.9% ▲ +31.5%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Canadian splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (34%) and Bachelor degree (29%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Canadian are most common in society and culture (15.1%) and management and commerce (14.7%), followed by engineering and education.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 21 schools within 3 km, which is more than 90% of similar areas, though the number of schools per 1,000 children is much lower than most areas.
1.38
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
21
Higher than 87% 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).
404
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,014
Higher 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 Canadian
21 schools — 8,076 students, average ICSEA 1,014.
By sector: Government 13 · Catholic 7 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 15 · Secondary 4 · Combined 2
| Canadian Lead Primary School, Ballarat East | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 235 | 952 |
| Sovereign Hill School, Ballarat | Government | Secondary | 1.8 km | — | — |
| Mount Pleasant Primary School, Ballarat | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 129 | 972 |
| Mount Clear Primary School, Mount Clear | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 221 | 991 |
| St Alipius' Parish School, Ballarat East | Catholic | Primary | 2.6 km | 248 | 1,052 |
| Mount Clear College, Mount Clear | Government | Secondary | 2.7 km | 982 | 996 |
| Woodmans Hill Secondary College, Ballarat East | Government | Secondary | 2.9 km | 602 | 988 |
| St Francis Xavier School, Ballarat East | Catholic | Primary | 3.1 km | 482 | 1,071 |
| Damascus College, Mount Clear | Catholic | Secondary | 3.2 km | 1,215 | 1,052 |
| Emmaus Catholic Primary School, Mount Clear | Catholic | Primary | 3.3 km | 362 | 1,088 |
| Caledonian Primary School, Brown Hill | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 215 | 1,010 |
| Ballarat Primary School (Dana Street), Ballarat | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 227 | 1,069 |
| Sebastopol Primary School, Sebastopol | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 98 | 901 |
| Ballarat Christian College, Sebastopol | Independent | Combined | 3.7 km | 406 | 1,058 |
| St Patrick's School, Ballarat | Catholic | Primary | 3.9 km | 249 | 1,096 |
| Black Hill Primary School, Ballarat | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 397 | 1,042 |
| St Aloysius' School, Redan | Catholic | Primary | 4.0 km | 254 | 1,022 |
| Warrenheip Primary School, Warrenheip | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 32 | 909 |
| Macarthur Street Primary School, Soldiers Hill | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 83 | 951 |
| St James' School, Sebastopol | Catholic | Primary | 4.4 km | 166 | 1,034 |
| Phoenix P-12 Community College, Sebastopol | Government | Combined | 4.4 km | 1,473 | 947 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Canadian [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20461/canadian/topic/education