53.0% ▲ +32.4%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.0%
- 2016: 43.3%
- 2021: 53.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wallan · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wallan
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III and IV qualifications are the most common achievement for 37.9% of adults in Wallan. While more residents have finished Year 12 than in many similar areas, the town's overall education levels sit well below the Victorian and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just over half of residents have completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but still well below the 61.8% seen across Victoria.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wallan, Year 12 is the majority at 56%; Year 10 is next at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 15.7% of adults, a figure that is far below the national average of 26.3%.
15.7% ▲ +62.4%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 15.7%
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 Wallan, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (22%) and Bachelor degree (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are engineering and management, both at 16.3%, followed by society and culture at 13.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are much larger than most areas, with an average size of 612 students, though there are few schools overall relative to the number of children.
0.82
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
4
Higher than 71% 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).
612
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
985
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Wallan
4 schools — 2,449 students, average ICSEA 985.
By sector: Government 3 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3 · Secondary 1
| Wallan Primary School, Wallan | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 753 | 954 |
| Wallan Secondary College, Wallan | Government | Secondary | 2.2 km | 948 | 970 |
| Our Lady of the Way Catholic Primary School, Wallan | Catholic | Primary | 3.9 km | 698 | 1,039 |
| Darraweit Guim Primary School, Darraweit Guim | Government | Primary | 6.0 km | 50 | 974 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wallan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22661/wallan/topic/education