87.9% ▲ +14.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 77.0%
- 2016: 80.7%
- 2021: 87.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Braddon · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Braddon
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Highly qualified residents define Braddon, which ranks among the top areas for education levels. Nearly 65% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far above both the territory and national averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is very high here at 87.9%, which is far above the 77% seen across the Australian Capital Territory and 58.8% across Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Braddon, Year 12 is the majority at 93%; Year 10 is next at 4%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 64.8% of adults, far exceeding the national figure of 26.3%. This includes a significant 27.7% who have completed a postgraduate degree.
64.8% ▲ +35.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.9%
- 2016: 50.3%
- 2021: 64.8%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Braddon, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 47%, followed by Postgraduate degree (31%) and Graduate diploma / certificate (8%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are most common in society and culture (33%) and management and commerce (18.3%), followed by natural and physical sciences at 7.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has more schools per 1,000 children than most areas, with 18 schools within 3km. These schools are larger than usual and have some of the highest advantage scores in the region.
5.87
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
18
Higher than 86% 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).
530
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,131
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Braddon
18 schools — 9,540 students, average ICSEA 1,131.
By sector: Government 10 · Catholic 4 · Independent 4
By type: Primary 9 · Secondary 6 · Combined 3
| Merici College, Braddon | Catholic | Secondary | 0.3 km | 992 | 1,138 |
| Ainslie School, Braddon | Government | Primary | 0.5 km | 351 | 1,130 |
| Turner School, Turner | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 318 | 1,141 |
| Campbell High School, Campbell | Government | Secondary | 1.3 km | 420 | 1,120 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, O'Connor | Catholic | Primary | 1.5 km | 334 | 1,130 |
| O'Connor Cooperative School, O'Connor | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 60 | 1,141 |
| Daramalan College, Dickson | Independent | Secondary | 1.8 km | 1,498 | 1,127 |
| North Ainslie Primary School, Ainslie | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 527 | 1,145 |
| Emmaus Christian School, Dickson | Independent | Combined | 1.9 km | 590 | 1,138 |
| Lyneham High School, Lyneham | Government | Secondary | 2.0 km | 1,034 | 1,132 |
| Black Mountain School, O'Connor | Government | Secondary | 2.3 km | 108 | 1,030 |
| Lyneham Primary School, Lyneham | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 498 | 1,135 |
| Brindabella Christian College, Lyneham | Independent | Combined | 2.4 km | 929 | 1,154 |
| St Thomas More's Primary School, Campbell | Catholic | Primary | 2.6 km | 179 | 1,145 |
| Dickson College, Dickson | Government | Secondary | 2.9 km | 899 | 1,101 |
| Campbell Primary School, Campbell | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 267 | 1,136 |
| Blue Gum Community School, Hackett | Independent | Combined | 3.2 km | 167 | 1,164 |
| Rosary Primary School, Watson | Catholic | Primary | 3.3 km | 369 | 1,121 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Braddon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80027/braddon/topic/education