41.3% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 41.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Balladong · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Balladong
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Balladong have finished high school compared to most similar areas. Only 41.3% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend of lower school completion is mirrored in the local qualification levels.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
High school completion is low here, with only 41.3% of people finishing Year 12. This is far below the Western Australian rate of 58.0%. About 29.3% of residents stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Balladong, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 11 (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 15.8% of the population. While this is around the middle for similar areas, it is far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
15.8% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Balladong splits fairly evenly between Advanced diploma / diploma (33%) and Certificate III / IV (33%), with Bachelor degree at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are agriculture and environment at 14.3%, followed by society and culture at 12.2% and creative arts at 10.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government combined school within 3 km, which is more than about 59% of similar areas. The average school advantage score of 960 is lower than most areas.
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).
373
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
960
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Balladong
1 school — 373 students, average ICSEA 960.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| York District High School, York | Government | Combined | 4.4 km | 373 | 960 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Balladong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50059/balladong/topic/education