83.2% ▲ +17.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.8%
- 2016: 78.1%
- 2021: 83.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Belconnen · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Belconnen
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A far higher proportion of adults in Belconnen hold university degrees than the national average. Over half of all adults have a bachelor degree or higher, marking the area as one of the most qualified in the region. This high level of education is mirrored in schooling, where school completion rates are well above the ACT average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion of Year 12 is very high here at 83.2%, which is well above the ACT figure of 77% and far above the national rate of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Belconnen, Year 12 is the majority at 88%; Year 10 is next at 6%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 54.4% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is far above the 42.9% seen across the ACT. This high level of qualification is driven by 38.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree and 26.2% with a postgraduate degree.
54.4% ▲ +36.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.0%
- 2016: 45.7%
- 2021: 54.4%
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 Belconnen, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 43%, followed by Postgraduate degree (29%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (12%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification for residents are management and commerce at 22.6%, followed by society and culture at 18.1% and information technology at 11.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Belconnen has 26 schools within 3km, though there are much fewer schools per child than in most areas. The typical school here is much larger than usual, with an average size of 526 students.
1.35
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
26
Higher than 88% 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).
526
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,096
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Belconnen
26 schools — 13,664 students, average ICSEA 1,096.
By sector: Government 19 · Catholic 6 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 18 · Secondary 7 · Combined 1
| University of Canberra Senior Secondary College Lake Ginninderra, Belconnen | Government | Secondary | 0.6 km | 781 | 1,066 |
| Macquarie Primary School, Macquarie | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 291 | 1,070 |
| Canberra High School, Macquarie | Government | Secondary | 1.8 km | 898 | 1,100 |
| Florey Primary School, Florey | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 397 | 1,042 |
| Radford College, Bruce | Independent | Combined | 2.0 km | 2,091 | 1,203 |
| St Vincent's Primary School, Aranda | Catholic | Primary | 2.2 km | 195 | 1,117 |
| Aranda Primary School, Aranda | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 517 | 1,159 |
| St Matthew's Primary School, Page | Catholic | Primary | 2.5 km | 332 | 1,085 |
| Miles Franklin Primary School, Evatt | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 394 | 1,077 |
| St Monica's Primary School, Evatt | Catholic | Primary | 2.6 km | 412 | 1,080 |
| Weetangera Primary School, Weetangera | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 404 | 1,117 |
| St John the Apostle Primary School, Florey | Catholic | Primary | 2.6 km | 368 | 1,077 |
| Southern Cross Early Childhood School, Scullin | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 115 | 1,088 |
| St Francis Xavier College, Florey | Catholic | Secondary | 2.9 km | 1,323 | 1,070 |
| Belconnen High School, Hawker | Government | Secondary | 2.9 km | 636 | 1,066 |
| Melba Copland Secondary School Copland Campus Years 10 - 12, Melba | Government | Secondary | 3.0 km | 953 | 1,041 |
| Maribyrnong Primary School, Kaleen | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 483 | 1,100 |
| University of Canberra High School Kaleen, Kaleen | Government | Secondary | 3.2 km | 571 | 1,056 |
| Mount Rogers Primary School, Melba | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 461 | 1,056 |
| Evatt Primary School, Evatt | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 281 | 1,047 |
| Hawker College, Hawker | Government | Secondary | 3.4 km | 605 | 1,073 |
| Giralang Primary School, Giralang | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 268 | 1,070 |
| Hawker Primary School, Hawker | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 331 | 1,129 |
| Latham Primary School, Latham | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 298 | 1,038 |
| Cranleigh School, Holt | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 88 | 1,036 |
| St Michael's Primary School, Kaleen | Catholic | Primary | 4.0 km | 171 | 1,094 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Belconnen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80024/belconnen/topic/education