41.5% ▲ +22.9%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 40.8%
- 2021: 41.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Delacombe · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Delacombe
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than 20 schools are within 3km of Delacombe, offering plenty of local options for families. However, the area sees far fewer people finishing Year 12 than the state average, with only 41.5% of residents completing their final year of school.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 41.5% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the 61.8% seen across Victoria. Around 20.6% of residents left school after Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Delacombe, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (22%) and Year 9 or below (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common here, with only 12.5% of adults holding a bachelor degree or more. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 42.6%.
12.5% ▲ +45.7%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 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 Delacombe, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Management and commerce is the most common field of study at 14.4%, followed by society and culture at 13.6% and engineering at 13.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Delacombe has an unusually high number of schools for its size, including 21 within 3km. These schools are typically much larger than those in most other areas, with an average size of 581 students.
2.06
Lower than 70% 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).
581
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,043
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Delacombe
21 schools — 12,208 students, average ICSEA 1,043.
By sector: Government 12 · Catholic 7 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 14 · Combined 4 · Secondary 3
| Lumen Christi School, Delacombe | Catholic | Primary | 0.3 km | 324 | 1,029 |
| Delacombe Primary School, Delacombe | Government | Primary | 0.5 km | 641 | 970 |
| Phoenix P-12 Community College, Sebastopol | Government | Combined | 1.8 km | 1,473 | 947 |
| St Aloysius' School, Redan | Catholic | Primary | 2.1 km | 254 | 1,022 |
| Newington Primary School, Ballarat | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 278 | 1,007 |
| Ballarat Christian College, Sebastopol | Independent | Combined | 2.8 km | 406 | 1,058 |
| St Patrick's College, Ballarat | Catholic | Secondary | 2.9 km | 1,267 | 1,055 |
| Loreto College, Ballarat | Catholic | Secondary | 2.9 km | 948 | 1,073 |
| Ballarat Clarendon College, Ballarat | Independent | Combined | 3.0 km | 1,896 | 1,172 |
| Ballarat High School, Lake Gardens | Government | Secondary | 3.1 km | 1,461 | 1,016 |
| Sebastopol Primary School, Sebastopol | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 98 | 901 |
| Alfredton Primary School, Alfredton | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 527 | 1,009 |
| St James' School, Sebastopol | Catholic | Primary | 3.3 km | 166 | 1,034 |
| Ballarat Specialist School, Lake Gardens | Government | Combined | 3.3 km | 453 | 950 |
| St Thomas More School, Alfredton | Catholic | Primary | 3.4 km | 431 | 1,087 |
| St Patrick's School, Ballarat | Catholic | Primary | 3.5 km | 249 | 1,096 |
| Pleasant Street Primary School (Ballarat), Lake Wendouree | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 350 | 1,095 |
| Mount Pleasant Primary School, Ballarat | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 129 | 972 |
| Ballarat Primary School (Dana Street), Ballarat | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 227 | 1,069 |
| Magpie Primary School, Magpie | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 103 | 923 |
| Lucas Primary School, Lucas | Government | Primary | 4.8 km | 527 | 1,029 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Delacombe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20730/delacombe/topic/education