65.8% ▲ +21.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.0%
- 2016: 59.2%
- 2021: 65.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Newington · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Newington
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher levels of schooling and degrees have become more common in Newington since 2011. This is a well-educated area where 36.7% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, a figure far above the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is much higher than most areas at 65.8%, which is well above the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Newington, Year 12 is the majority at 68%; Year 11 is next at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area is among the most qualified at its level, with 36.7% of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher, 10 points above the national figure.
36.7% ▲ +60.3%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 36.7%
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 Newington, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 40%, followed by Certificate III / IV (20%) and Postgraduate degree (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Health is the most common field of qualification at 20.5%, followed by education at 17.3% and management and commerce at 14.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Newington has more schools than most areas, with 24 within 3km and an average school size of 623, which is much higher than similar places.
8.70
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
24
Higher than 87% 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).
623
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,055
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Newington
24 schools — 14,331 students, average ICSEA 1,055.
By sector: Government 14 · Catholic 7 · Independent 3
By type: Primary 15 · Combined 5 · Secondary 4
| Newington Primary School, Ballarat | Government | Primary | 0.4 km | 278 | 1,007 |
| St Patrick's College, Ballarat | Catholic | Secondary | 0.5 km | 1,267 | 1,055 |
| Ballarat Clarendon College, Ballarat | Independent | Combined | 0.7 km | 1,896 | 1,172 |
| Loreto College, Ballarat | Catholic | Secondary | 0.8 km | 948 | 1,073 |
| Pleasant Street Primary School (Ballarat), Lake Wendouree | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 350 | 1,095 |
| Ballarat High School, Lake Gardens | Government | Secondary | 1.3 km | 1,461 | 1,016 |
| Ballarat Specialist School, Lake Gardens | Government | Combined | 1.5 km | 453 | 950 |
| St Patrick's School, Ballarat | Catholic | Primary | 1.7 km | 249 | 1,096 |
| St Aloysius' School, Redan | Catholic | Primary | 1.9 km | 254 | 1,022 |
| Lumen Christi School, Delacombe | Catholic | Primary | 2.1 km | 324 | 1,029 |
| Ballarat Primary School (Dana Street), Ballarat | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 227 | 1,069 |
| Alfredton Primary School, Alfredton | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 527 | 1,009 |
| Delacombe Primary School, Delacombe | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 641 | 970 |
| Phoenix P-12 Community College, Sebastopol | Government | Combined | 2.6 km | 1,473 | 947 |
| St Thomas More School, Alfredton | Catholic | Primary | 2.7 km | 431 | 1,087 |
| Wendouree Primary School, Wendouree | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 116 | 917 |
| Ballarat Grammar, Wendouree | Independent | Combined | 2.7 km | 1,989 | 1,120 |
| Macarthur Street Primary School, Soldiers Hill | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 83 | 951 |
| Mount Pleasant Primary School, Ballarat | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 129 | 972 |
| St Columba's School, Ballarat North | Catholic | Primary | 3.5 km | 334 | 1,090 |
| Ballarat Christian College, Sebastopol | Independent | Combined | 3.6 km | 406 | 1,058 |
| Sovereign Hill School, Ballarat | Government | Secondary | 3.7 km | — | — |
| Sebastopol Primary School, Sebastopol | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 98 | 901 |
| Black Hill Primary School, Ballarat | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 397 | 1,042 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Newington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21929/newington/topic/education