48.1% ▲ +14.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.0%
- 2016: 44.2%
- 2021: 48.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Magpie · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Magpie
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer adults in Magpie have finished Year 12 compared to the rest of the state, with only 48.1% doing so. This gap extends to higher education, where the proportion of people with a university degree is much lower than the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian rate of 61.8%. Around 20% of people listed Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Magpie, Year 12 is the majority at 50%; Year 10 is next at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 15.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%. Trade certificates are the most common qualification, held by 39.4% of people.
15.9% ▼ -15.2%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Magpie, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (19%) and Bachelor degree (14%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are engineering and related fields at 18.3%, followed by education at 14.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Magpie has a very high number of schools for its population, with 12 schools within 3km. These schools are generally larger than those in most similar areas.
19.61
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
12
Higher than 82% 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).
479
Higher than 69% 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 Magpie
12 schools — 5,743 students, average ICSEA 1,009.
By sector: Government 7 · Catholic 3 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 8 · Secondary 2 · Combined 2
| Ballarat Steiner School, Mount Helen | Independent | Primary | 1.4 km | 64 | 1,076 |
| Magpie Primary School, Magpie | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 103 | 923 |
| Emmaus Catholic Primary School, Mount Clear | Catholic | Primary | 2.9 km | 362 | 1,088 |
| Damascus College, Mount Clear | Catholic | Secondary | 2.9 km | 1,215 | 1,052 |
| St James' School, Sebastopol | Catholic | Primary | 3.3 km | 166 | 1,034 |
| Mount Clear Primary School, Mount Clear | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 221 | 991 |
| Mount Clear College, Mount Clear | Government | Secondary | 3.6 km | 982 | 996 |
| Buninyong Primary School, Buninyong | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 567 | 1,044 |
| Sebastopol Primary School, Sebastopol | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 98 | 901 |
| Ballarat Christian College, Sebastopol | Independent | Combined | 4.4 km | 406 | 1,058 |
| Phoenix P-12 Community College, Sebastopol | Government | Combined | 5.3 km | 1,473 | 947 |
| Napoleons Primary School, Napoleons | Government | Primary | 5.5 km | 86 | 996 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Magpie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21573/magpie/topic/education