50.0% ▲ +15.5%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.3%
- 2016: 47.2%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Napoleons · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Napoleons
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher levels of schooling and degrees are found in Napoleons than in most similar areas, though it still sits well below state and national figures. Half of the residents have completed Year 12, and about 18.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Half of people here finished Year 12, which is more than in most similar areas, though this is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Napoleons, Year 12 is the majority at 55%; Year 10 is next at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 18.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a rate that is higher than most similar areas but well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
18.7% ▲ +21.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 18.7%
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 Napoleons, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 41%, followed by Bachelor degree (20%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across various fields, with engineering and related subjects the most common at 15.4%, followed by health at 14.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 11.36 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most areas. These two local primary schools are small, with an average size of 75 students, and are split evenly between government and independent sectors.
11.36
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
75
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,030
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Napoleons
2 schools — 150 students, average ICSEA 1,030.
By sector: Government 1 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 2
| Napoleons Primary School, Napoleons | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 86 | 996 |
| Ballarat Steiner School, Mount Helen | Independent | Primary | 7.8 km | 64 | 1,076 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Napoleons [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21877/napoleons/topic/education