45.2% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 55.9%
- 2021: 45.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ballaroo · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Ballaroo
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Ballaroo have remained steady, though they sit well below state and national figures. Only 45.2% of residents have finished Year 12, and a small number of adults hold university degrees. This profile reflects a community where formal schooling and higher qualifications are less common than in the wider region.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people in Ballaroo finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with 45.2% completing Year 12. This is far below the 57.1% seen in Queensland and the 58.8% national figure.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Ballaroo, Year 12 is the majority at 58%; Year 10 is next at 42%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are also less common here. Those with a bachelor degree or higher make up 16.7% of adults, which is well below the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
16.7% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 16.7%
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 Ballaroo, Bachelor degree is the majority at 70%; Certificate III / IV is next at 30%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are often focused on practical fields, with Agriculture and Environment being the most common at 21.4%, followed by Engineering and Health at 10.7% each.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The local primary school is small, with an average of just 9 students. This single government-run school is the only one within 3 km of the area.
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).
9
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
978
Lower 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 Ballaroo
1 school — 9 students, average ICSEA 978.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Begonia State School, Begonia | Government | Primary | 22.8 km | 9 | 978 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ballaroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30130/ballaroo/topic/education