46.7% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.1%
- 2021: 46.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Belcong · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Belcong
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Half of all adults in Belcong hold a Certificate III or IV, making trade qualifications the most common achievement here. This is a community where formal higher education is very rare, with a typical resident more likely to have finished school by Year 10 than Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people in Belcong finished Year 12 compared to the rest of the country, with only 46.7% completing it. This is far below the national figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Belcong, Year 12 is the majority at 56%; Year 10 is next at 44%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in the area hold a bachelor's degree or higher, which is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Belcong, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications held by residents are mostly in management and commerce (20%) and engineering (15%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has three government schools, which is more than about 70% of similar areas. These schools are smaller than most, with an average size of 142 students and a much lower advantage score than most areas.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
142
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
936
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Belcong
3 schools — 427 students, average ICSEA 936.
By sector: Government 3
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| Tieri State School, Tieri | Government | Primary | 15.8 km | 99 | 949 |
| Capella State High School, Capella | Government | Secondary | 17.9 km | 149 | 925 |
| Capella State School, Capella | Government | Primary | 18.2 km | 179 | 938 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Belcong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30208/belcong/topic/education