54.6% ▲ +13.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.3%
- 2016: 50.8%
- 2021: 54.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Miners Rest · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Miners Rest
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III and IV qualifications are the most common achievement for adults in Miners Rest, where 42% of residents hold one. While this place sees more people with degrees than many similar areas, it still sits well below the state and national figures for higher education.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 54.6% of people finished Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the Victorian average of 61.8%. This reflects a gap of 7.2 percentage points compared to the state.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Miners Rest, Year 12 is the majority at 56%; Year 10 is next at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Those with a bachelor degree or higher make up 18.9% of adults. While this is higher than most similar areas, it is far below the 29.2% recorded across Victoria.
18.9% ▲ +12.5%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 18.9%
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 Miners Rest, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are management and commerce at 16.6%, followed by engineering and related fields at 15%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 7 schools within 3 km, which is more than 79% of similar areas. These schools are much larger on average than those in most areas, with typical sizes of 525 students.
1.04
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
7
Higher than 75% 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).
525
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,037
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 Miners Rest
7 schools — 3,678 students, average ICSEA 1,037.
By sector: Government 5 · Catholic 1 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 4 · Combined 2 · Secondary 1
| Miners Rest Primary School, Miners Rest | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 353 | 994 |
| Yuille Park Community College, Wendouree | Government | Combined | 5.2 km | 209 | 840 |
| Mount Rowan Secondary College, Wendouree | Government | Secondary | 5.2 km | 678 | 938 |
| Our Lady Help of Christians School, Wendouree | Catholic | Primary | 5.2 km | 101 | 1,017 |
| Forest Street Primary School, Wendouree | Government | Primary | 5.6 km | 232 | 919 |
| Wendouree Primary School, Wendouree | Government | Primary | 6.7 km | 116 | 917 |
| Ballarat Grammar, Wendouree | Independent | Combined | 6.8 km | 1,989 | 1,120 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Miners Rest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21691/miners-rest/topic/education