49.5% —
Lower than 65% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 44.3%
- 2021: 49.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Buninyong (Western Victoria) · State Electorate
Education & Qualifications in Buninyong (Western Victoria)
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Buninyong (Western Victoria) typically sits in the middle of the pack for education compared to similar areas. While some figures are well below the state and national averages, there has been a steady rise in the number of people finishing school and earning degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people here have finished Year 12 than in most areas, at 49.5%, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. However, this has improved, rising 5.2 percentage points since 2016.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Buninyong (Western Victoria), Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 20.2% of the population, a figure that is well below the national average. This proportion has grown by 3.7 percentage points since 2016, with Certificate III or IV being the most common qualification at 33.4%.
20.2% —
Lower than 53% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 20.2%
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 Buninyong (Western Victoria), the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 40%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 13.9%, followed closely by engineering at 13.7% and society and culture at 13.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 36 schools within 3 km, which is much higher than most similar areas, though the typical school size is much smaller at 262 students. Most of these are government primary schools.
2.78
Higher than 74% of state electorate areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
36
Higher than 86% of state electorate 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).
9,155
Lower than 52% of state electorate areas.
Total students enrolled across the area's schools.
262
Lower than 83% of state electorate areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,009
Lower than 57% of state electorate areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Buninyong (Western Victoria)
36 schools — 9,155 students, average ICSEA 1,009.
By sector: Government 26 · Catholic 8 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 30 · Secondary 4 · Combined 2
| Lal Lal Primary School, Lal Lal | Government | Primary | 4.9 km | 41 | 983 |
| Buninyong Primary School, Buninyong | Government | Primary | 12.2 km | 567 | 1,044 |
| Mount Egerton Primary School, Mount Egerton | Government | Primary | 13.7 km | 10 | 1,049 |
| Ballarat Steiner School, Mount Helen | Independent | Primary | 14.7 km | 64 | 1,076 |
| Meredith Primary School, Meredith | Government | Primary | 15.5 km | 71 | 987 |
| Napoleons Primary School, Napoleons | Government | Primary | 15.7 km | 86 | 996 |
| Emmaus Catholic Primary School, Mount Clear | Catholic | Primary | 16.2 km | 362 | 1,088 |
| Mount Clear College, Mount Clear | Government | Secondary | 16.3 km | 982 | 996 |
| Damascus College, Mount Clear | Catholic | Secondary | 16.4 km | 1,215 | 1,052 |
| Mount Clear Primary School, Mount Clear | Government | Primary | 17.1 km | 221 | 991 |
| Warrenheip Primary School, Warrenheip | Government | Primary | 17.3 km | 32 | 909 |
| St Patrick's School, Gordon | Catholic | Primary | 17.5 km | 76 | 1,048 |
| Magpie Primary School, Magpie | Government | Primary | 17.8 km | 103 | 923 |
| Gordon Primary School, Gordon | Government | Primary | 17.8 km | 141 | 1,032 |
| Bungaree Primary School, Bungaree | Government | Primary | 18.0 km | 23 | 1,030 |
| St James' School, Sebastopol | Catholic | Primary | 18.9 km | 166 | 1,034 |
| Sebastopol Primary School, Sebastopol | Government | Primary | 19.1 km | 98 | 901 |
| St Francis Xavier School, Ballarat East | Catholic | Primary | 19.4 km | 482 | 1,071 |
| Canadian Lead Primary School, Ballarat East | Government | Primary | 19.5 km | 235 | 952 |
| Ballarat Christian College, Sebastopol | Independent | Combined | 19.5 km | 406 | 1,058 |
| Sovereign Hill School, Ballarat | Government | Secondary | 19.7 km | — | — |
| Mount Pleasant Primary School, Ballarat | Government | Primary | 20.0 km | 129 | 972 |
| Woodmans Hill Secondary College, Ballarat East | Government | Secondary | 20.0 km | 602 | 988 |
| St Alipius' Parish School, Ballarat East | Catholic | Primary | 20.6 km | 248 | 1,052 |
| Phoenix P-12 Community College, Sebastopol | Government | Combined | 20.6 km | 1,473 | 947 |
| Glen Park Primary School, Glen Park | Government | Primary | 22.3 km | 10 | 1,110 |
| St Brigid's School, Ballan | Catholic | Primary | 24.3 km | 141 | 1,048 |
| St Mary's School, Clarkes Hill | Catholic | Primary | 24.4 km | 17 | 1,002 |
| Ballan Primary School, Ballan | Government | Primary | 24.4 km | 231 | 982 |
| Haddon Primary School, Haddon | Government | Primary | 28.3 km | 232 | 1,019 |
| Woady Yaloak Primary School, Smythesdale | Government | Primary | 28.8 km | 326 | 993 |
| Lethbridge Primary School, Lethbridge | Government | Primary | 30.3 km | 112 | 1,002 |
| Myrniong Primary School, Myrniong | Government | Primary | 32.7 km | 147 | 1,008 |
| Cape Clear Primary School, Cape Clear | Government | Primary | 35.1 km | 13 | 977 |
| Balliang East Primary School, Balliang East | Government | Primary | 37.7 km | 72 | 928 |
| Linton Primary School, Linton | Government | Primary | 38.5 km | 21 | 1,001 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Buninyong (Western Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED21608/buninyong/topic/education