51.6% ▲ +26.4%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.8%
- 2016: 46.3%
- 2021: 51.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ironbark · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Ironbark
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Ironbark finished Year 12 compared to the state average, with only 51.6% completing their final school year. Despite this gap in basic schooling, the area has a high number of university-educated adults and access to a wide variety of nearby schools.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 51.6% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8% and well below the national average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Ironbark, Year 12 is the majority at 57%; Year 10 is next at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 24.1% of adults, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas, though still a little below the Australian average of 26.3%.
24.1% ▲ +64.6%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Ironbark splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (35%) and Bachelor degree (31%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 14%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are society and culture at 15.7%, followed by education at 11.6% and health at 10.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has 18 schools within 3km, which is more than about 88% of similar places. These schools are typically larger than most and have a higher average advantage score.
6.02
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
18
Higher than 86% 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).
465
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,036
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 Ironbark
18 schools — 8,370 students, average ICSEA 1,036.
By sector: Government 9 · Catholic 7 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 12 · Secondary 3 · Combined 3
| Bendigo Primary School, Bendigo | Government | Primary | 0.3 km | 196 | 1,005 |
| Catherine McAuley College, Bendigo | Catholic | Secondary | 0.9 km | 1,567 | 1,055 |
| Girton Grammar School, Bendigo | Independent | Combined | 1.1 km | 1,195 | 1,148 |
| Creek Street Christian College, Bendigo | Independent | Combined | 1.3 km | 457 | 1,063 |
| Camp Hill Primary School, Bendigo | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 251 | 1,040 |
| Bendigo Senior Secondary College, Bendigo | Government | Secondary | 1.4 km | 1,918 | 1,003 |
| St Peter's School, North Bendigo | Catholic | Primary | 1.5 km | 132 | 979 |
| Specimen Hill Primary School, Golden Square | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 234 | 934 |
| Golden Square Primary School, Golden Square | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 262 | 967 |
| St Kilian's School, Bendigo | Catholic | Primary | 1.8 km | 268 | 1,059 |
| DOXA School Bendigo, Bendigo | Catholic | Secondary | 2.0 km | 47 | 961 |
| St Joseph's School, Quarry Hill | Catholic | Primary | 2.0 km | 234 | 1,064 |
| Lightning Reef Primary School, Bendigo | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 165 | 858 |
| Kalianna School, Bendigo | Government | Combined | 2.3 km | 221 | 895 |
| Quarry Hill Primary School, Quarry Hill | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 324 | 1,037 |
| California Gully Primary School, California Gully | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 181 | 913 |
| St Therese's School, Kennington | Catholic | Primary | 3.3 km | 460 | 1,076 |
| St Liborius' School, Eaglehawk | Catholic | Primary | 3.6 km | 258 | 1,018 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ironbark [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21241/ironbark/topic/education