52.0% ▲ +22.7%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.4%
- 2016: 45.7%
- 2021: 52.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ballandean · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Ballandean
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than 23% of adults in Ballandean hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is much higher than most similar areas. While the community is well-qualified, the proportion of people who finished Year 12 is well below the national figure. This creates a unique mix of high-level degrees and lower school completion rates.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 52% of residents completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the figures for Queensland and Australia. Roughly 30% of the population finished Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Ballandean, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 31%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The typical qualification here is a Certificate III or IV, held by 31.8% of adults. Higher education is common, with 27.9% holding a bachelor degree and 10.4% holding a postgraduate degree.
23.6% ▲ +52.2%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Ballandean splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (35%) and Bachelor degree (31%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 12%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with engineering and related subjects being the most common at 13.6%. Health and society and culture both follow at 13%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is much smaller than most similar schools with an average size of 60 students. Despite the small size, the number of schools per 1,000 children is among the highest at this level.
22.73
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
60
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
992
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Ballandean
1 school — 60 students, average ICSEA 992.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Ballandean State School, Ballandean | Government | Primary | 7.8 km | 60 | 992 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ballandean [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30128/ballandean/topic/education