35.4% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.3%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wallace · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wallace
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Wallace, where 40.4% of adults hold one. This area has much lower school and university completion rates than the state and national figures, with only 35.4% of residents finishing Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Victorian figure, with only 35.4% of residents finishing their final year. This is much lower than most similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wallace, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (23%) and Year 11 (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 9.7% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
9.7% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 9.7%
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 Wallace, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common qualifications at 24.6%, followed by management and commerce at 14%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has two primary schools, which is more than about 66% of similar areas. These schools are much smaller than usual, with an average size of 50 students, though they have a much higher advantage score than most areas.
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).
50
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,044
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Wallace
2 schools — 99 students, average ICSEA 1,044.
By sector: Government 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2
| Bungaree Primary School, Bungaree | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 23 | 1,030 |
| St Patrick's School, Gordon | Catholic | Primary | 4.0 km | 76 | 1,048 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wallace [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22656/wallace/topic/education