33.4% ▲ +23.3%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 33.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ball Bay · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Ball Bay
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Ball Bay have remained largely unchanged since 2011, with a workforce heavily focused on trade and technical skills. Only 33.4% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
A small number of people finished high school here, with only 33.4% completing Year 12. This is far below the 58.8% national figure, and the most common highest year of school reached is Year 10 at 39.1%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Ball Bay, the largest group is Year 10 at 44%, followed by Year 12 (38%) and Year 9 or below (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common than in most areas, as only 10.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Australian average of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 39.5%.
10.4% ▲ +80.9%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 10.4%
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 Ball Bay, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
People with qualifications in this area are most often trained in Engineering and related fields, making up 28.9% of the total. Health (11.1%) and Management and commerce (9.5%) are also common fields of study.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km of the area. It is much smaller than schools in most other areas, with a typical size of only 80 students.
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).
80
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
951
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Ball Bay
1 school — 80 students, average ICSEA 951.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Seaforth State School, Seaforth | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 80 | 951 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ball Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30127/ball-bay/topic/education