51.8% ▲ +25.3%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.3%
- 2016: 45.5%
- 2021: 51.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lovely Banks · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Lovely Banks
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Lovely Banks have completed high school or university than in the wider state. While about half of the population finished Year 12, the area falls well below national and Victorian levels for both school completion and higher degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 51.8% of people finished Year 12, which is higher than in most similar areas, though this is still far below the Victorian rate of 61.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Lovely Banks, Year 12 is the majority at 54%; Year 10 is next at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 14.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is far below the national average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 39.6% of residents.
14.8% ▲ +69.7%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 14.8%
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 Lovely Banks, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are Engineering and related subjects at 18.8%, followed by Management and commerce at 16.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 11 schools within 3km, more than about 83% of similar areas. These schools are generally much larger than those in other areas, with an average size of 659 students.
2.04
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
11
Higher than 81% 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).
659
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,009
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Lovely Banks
11 schools — 7,252 students, average ICSEA 1,009.
By sector: Government 5 · Independent 3 · Catholic 3
By type: Combined 5 · Primary 5 · Secondary 1
| Geelong Baptist College, Lovely Banks | Independent | Combined | 2.4 km | 255 | 1,031 |
| St Francis Xavier School, Corio | Catholic | Primary | 4.3 km | 177 | 937 |
| Northern Bay P-12 College, Corio | Government | Combined | 4.7 km | 1,726 | 877 |
| Covenant College, Bell Post Hill | Independent | Combined | 5.5 km | 735 | 1,070 |
| St Thomas Aquinas School, Norlane | Catholic | Primary | 5.8 km | 149 | 941 |
| Rollins Primary School, Bell Post Hill | Government | Primary | 5.9 km | 326 | 1,001 |
| Bell Park North Primary School, Bell Park | Government | Primary | 6.6 km | 292 | 956 |
| North Geelong Secondary College, North Geelong | Government | Secondary | 7.2 km | 989 | 961 |
| Holy Family School, Bell Park | Catholic | Primary | 7.2 km | 344 | 1,029 |
| Kardinia International College, Bell Post Hill | Independent | Combined | 7.2 km | 1,925 | 1,155 |
| Nelson Park School, Bell Park | Government | Combined | 7.5 km | 334 | 938 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lovely Banks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21544/lovely-banks/topic/education