37.4% ▲ +37.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 37.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Springbank · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Springbank
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 37.4% of residents in Springbank have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This gap in school completion is mirrored in higher education, with only 13% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. It is a place where many residents stopped their formal schooling early.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Far fewer people have finished high school here than in most other areas. Only 37.4% completed Year 12, which is 24 points below the Victorian average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Springbank, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 10 (29%) and Year 11 (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13% of the population, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%. The most common qualifications are Certificate III or IV at 23.1% and diplomas at 21.2%.
13.0% ▲ +5.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Springbank splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (33%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (31%), with Bachelor degree at 25%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications across the community are spread across several fields. Engineering is the most common at 19.2%, followed by agriculture, education, and society and culture, which each account for 15.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by one government primary school. While the typical school size is very small at 23 students, it has a school advantage score of 1,030, which is higher than most similar areas.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
23
Lower than 94% 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 Springbank
1 school — 23 students, average ICSEA 1,030.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Bungaree Primary School, Bungaree | Government | Primary | 6.8 km | 23 | 1,030 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Springbank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22322/springbank/topic/education