46.7% ▲ +29.5%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.1%
- 2016: 39.3%
- 2021: 46.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Warrenheip · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Warrenheip
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Warrenheip finished high school compared to the rest of the state. Only 46.7% of people completed Year 12, which is a gap of 15 points below the Victorian average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of residents finished Year 12, a figure far below both Victoria and Australia. About 18.9% of the community stopped at Year 10, while 16.9% reached Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Warrenheip, Year 12 is the majority at 50%; Year 10 is next at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13.3% of the population, which is far below the national figure. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 42.5% of residents.
13.3% ▲ +35.0%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 13.3%
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 Warrenheip, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 15.2%, followed by health at 13.8% and architecture and building at 12%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Warrenheip has more schools per child than most areas, with seven schools within 3 km. Most of these are government primary schools.
6.49
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
7
Higher than 75% 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).
376
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,004
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Warrenheip
7 schools — 2,632 students, average ICSEA 1,004.
By sector: Government 6 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 5 · Secondary 2
| Warrenheip Primary School, Warrenheip | Government | Primary | 0.3 km | 32 | 909 |
| St Francis Xavier School, Ballarat East | Catholic | Primary | 2.7 km | 482 | 1,071 |
| Woodmans Hill Secondary College, Ballarat East | Government | Secondary | 3.5 km | 602 | 988 |
| Caledonian Primary School, Brown Hill | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 215 | 1,010 |
| Canadian Lead Primary School, Ballarat East | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 235 | 952 |
| Little Bendigo Primary School, Nerrina | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 84 | 986 |
| Mount Clear College, Mount Clear | Government | Secondary | 5.6 km | 982 | 996 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Warrenheip [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22707/warrenheip/topic/education