38.3% ▼ -11.3%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.2%
- 2016: 37.7%
- 2021: 38.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lake Bolac · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Lake Bolac
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 38.3% of people in Lake Bolac finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This reflects a broader pattern in the area where formal school completion is much lower than in most other places. Many residents hold trade certificates instead of university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion rates are far below the Victorian average, with 38.3% finishing Year 12. About 18.8% of residents stopped at Year 11, and 16.4% finished Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Lake Bolac, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 11 (22%) and Year 10 (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by 15.0% of adults, a figure far below the national average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 28.4% of the population.
15.0% ▲ +11.8%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 15.0%
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 Lake Bolac, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 40%, followed by Bachelor degree (30%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (24%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are largely focused on practical and environmental fields, with Agriculture and Environment being the most common at 15.9%, followed by Engineering at 13.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are much smaller than most areas, with an average size of 92 students. There are 15.63 schools per 1,000 children, and the only school in the area is a government combined school.
15.63
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
92
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
936
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Lake Bolac
1 school — 92 students, average ICSEA 936.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Lake Bolac College, Lake Bolac | Government | Combined | 1.0 km | 92 | 936 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lake Bolac [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21428/lake-bolac/topic/education