49.3% ▲ +26.2%
Higher than 72% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 39.1%
- 2016: 42.5%
- 2021: 49.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ballina · Urban Area
Education & Qualifications in Ballina
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher levels of schooling and university degrees are becoming more common for people in Ballina. While many residents still leave school early, the number of adults with a bachelor degree or higher has risen to 22.7% over the last decade.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Nearly half of residents, or 49.3%, have completed Year 12, which is a 10 point increase since 2011. However, this remains well below the national figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Ballina, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 29%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 22.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas despite being well below the New South Wales average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 29.2% of residents.
22.7% ▲ +48.1%
Higher than 82% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 22.7%
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 Ballina, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 36%, followed by Bachelor degree (30%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are management and commerce at 16.3%, followed by health at 12.9%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ballina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1003/ballina/topic/education