63.8% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.2%
- 2016: 64.2%
- 2021: 63.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount Helen · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mount Helen
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher education levels have become more common in Mount Helen, with 30.2% of adults now holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the national figure and much higher than most similar areas. The community is generally well-educated, with a high proportion of residents completing Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is high here, with 63.8% of people finishing their schooling. This is well above the Australian figure of 58.8% and a little above the Victorian average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mount Helen, Year 12 is the majority at 68%; Year 11 is next at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 30.2% of adults, which is much higher than most areas. This high level of qualification is led by bachelor degrees at 28.5% and Certificate III or IV levels at 23.8%.
30.2% ▲ +42.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 30.2%
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 Mount Helen, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 33%, followed by Certificate III / IV (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 15.6%, followed by education at 13.7% and health at 13.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are nine schools within 3km, which is more than about 81% of similar areas. These schools are typically larger than most other areas, with an average size of 420 students.
3.23
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
9
Higher than 78% 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).
420
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,028
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mount Helen
9 schools — 3,778 students, average ICSEA 1,028.
By sector: Government 5 · Catholic 3 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 7 · Secondary 2
| Emmaus Catholic Primary School, Mount Clear | Catholic | Primary | 2.2 km | 362 | 1,088 |
| Damascus College, Mount Clear | Catholic | Secondary | 2.3 km | 1,215 | 1,052 |
| Mount Clear College, Mount Clear | Government | Secondary | 2.5 km | 982 | 996 |
| Ballarat Steiner School, Mount Helen | Independent | Primary | 2.5 km | 64 | 1,076 |
| Buninyong Primary School, Buninyong | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 567 | 1,044 |
| Mount Clear Primary School, Mount Clear | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 221 | 991 |
| Magpie Primary School, Magpie | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 103 | 923 |
| St James' School, Sebastopol | Catholic | Primary | 4.9 km | 166 | 1,034 |
| Sebastopol Primary School, Sebastopol | Government | Primary | 5.1 km | 98 | 901 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mount Helen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21798/mount-helen/topic/education