35.3% ▲ +43.2%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 35.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Norlane · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Norlane
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Norlane have finished high school than in most other parts of the country. Only 35.3% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend is seen in the local workforce, where trade certificates are much more common than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the state figure, with only 35.3% of residents finishing. In contrast, 22.2% of people listed Year 9 or below as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Norlane, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 9 or below (26%) and Year 10 (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up just 9.6% of the area, which is far below the 26.3% national average. Instead, Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 33.8% of residents.
9.6% ▲ +166.3%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 9.6%
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 Norlane, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (18%) and Bachelor degree (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are society and culture at 14.5%, followed by engineering and related fields at 12.6% and management and commerce at 11.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Norlane has 14 schools within 3km, which is more than 85% of similar areas. These schools are much larger on average than in most areas, with a typical size of 625 students.
0.72
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
14
Higher than 84% 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).
625
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,005
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Norlane
14 schools — 8,752 students, average ICSEA 1,005.
By sector: Government 8 · Catholic 3 · Independent 3
By type: Primary 6 · Combined 6 · Secondary 2
| St Thomas Aquinas School, Norlane | Catholic | Primary | 0.6 km | 149 | 941 |
| Northern Bay P-12 College, Corio | Government | Combined | 1.6 km | 1,726 | 877 |
| Bell Park North Primary School, Bell Park | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 292 | 956 |
| North Geelong Secondary College, North Geelong | Government | Secondary | 2.1 km | 989 | 961 |
| Holy Family School, Bell Park | Catholic | Primary | 2.3 km | 344 | 1,029 |
| St Francis Xavier School, Corio | Catholic | Primary | 2.4 km | 177 | 937 |
| Rollins Primary School, Bell Post Hill | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 326 | 1,001 |
| Nelson Park School, Bell Park | Government | Combined | 2.7 km | 334 | 938 |
| Kardinia International College, Bell Post Hill | Independent | Combined | 3.0 km | 1,925 | 1,155 |
| Covenant College, Bell Post Hill | Independent | Combined | 3.1 km | 735 | 1,070 |
| Hamlyn Banks Primary School, Hamlyn Heights | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 290 | 976 |
| Geelong Baptist College, Lovely Banks | Independent | Combined | 3.6 km | 255 | 1,031 |
| Hamlyn Views School, Hamlyn Heights | Government | Combined | 3.8 km | 150 | 998 |
| Western Heights Secondary College, Hamlyn Heights | Government | Secondary | 3.9 km | 1,060 | 991 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Norlane [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21960/norlane/topic/education