65.6% ▲ +16.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.1%
- 2016: 59.8%
- 2021: 65.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Soldiers Hill · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Soldiers Hill
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than a third of adults in Soldiers Hill hold a bachelor degree or higher, making it one of the most qualified areas in the region. This high level of achievement is mirrored in school results, with 65.6% of residents completing Year 12, which is well above both the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is much higher than most areas at 65.6%, which is 6.7 percentage points above the national figure. Only 7.1% of residents finished at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Soldiers Hill, Year 12 is the majority at 68%; Year 11 is next at 12%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The typical qualification level is far above the national average, with 37.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This includes 13.4% with a postgraduate degree and 20.8% with a Certificate III or IV.
37.4% ▲ +35.8%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 37.4%
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 Soldiers Hill, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 36%, followed by Certificate III / IV (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are most common in society and culture (16%) and health (14.4%), followed by management and commerce at 13.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools have an advantage score of 1,061, which is much higher than most areas. There are 26 schools within 3 km, and most children attend government schools (65.4%) or Catholic schools (26.9%).
4.23
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
26
Higher than 88% 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).
471
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,061
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Soldiers Hill
26 schools — 11,769 students, average ICSEA 1,061.
By sector: Government 17 · Catholic 7 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 18 · Secondary 5 · Combined 3
| Macarthur Street Primary School, Soldiers Hill | Government | Primary | 0.1 km | 83 | 951 |
| St Columba's School, Ballarat North | Catholic | Primary | 0.6 km | 334 | 1,090 |
| Black Hill Primary School, Ballarat | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 397 | 1,042 |
| Ballarat North Primary School, Ballarat | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 330 | 1,002 |
| Ballarat Primary School (Dana Street), Ballarat | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 227 | 1,069 |
| St Patrick's School, Ballarat | Catholic | Primary | 1.8 km | 249 | 1,096 |
| St Alipius' Parish School, Ballarat East | Catholic | Primary | 1.8 km | 248 | 1,052 |
| Pleasant Street Primary School (Ballarat), Lake Wendouree | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 350 | 1,095 |
| Ballarat Clarendon College, Ballarat | Independent | Combined | 2.4 km | 1,896 | 1,172 |
| St Patrick's College, Ballarat | Catholic | Secondary | 2.5 km | 1,267 | 1,055 |
| Ballarat Grammar, Wendouree | Independent | Combined | 2.8 km | 1,989 | 1,120 |
| Sovereign Hill School, Ballarat | Government | Secondary | 2.8 km | — | — |
| Canadian Lead Primary School, Ballarat East | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 235 | 952 |
| Newington Primary School, Ballarat | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 278 | 1,007 |
| Wendouree Primary School, Wendouree | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 116 | 917 |
| Mount Pleasant Primary School, Ballarat | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 129 | 972 |
| Loreto College, Ballarat | Catholic | Secondary | 3.1 km | 948 | 1,073 |
| Caledonian Primary School, Brown Hill | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 215 | 1,010 |
| Woodmans Hill Secondary College, Ballarat East | Government | Secondary | 3.3 km | 602 | 988 |
| Little Bendigo Primary School, Nerrina | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 84 | 986 |
| Ballarat Specialist School, Lake Gardens | Government | Combined | 3.5 km | 453 | 950 |
| St Aloysius' School, Redan | Catholic | Primary | 3.5 km | 254 | 1,022 |
| Invermay Primary School, Invermay | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 74 | 945 |
| Forest Street Primary School, Wendouree | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 232 | 919 |
| Our Lady Help of Christians School, Wendouree | Catholic | Primary | 4.1 km | 101 | 1,017 |
| Mount Rowan Secondary College, Wendouree | Government | Secondary | 4.1 km | 678 | 938 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Soldiers Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22302/soldiers-hill/topic/education