52.8% ▲ +21.7%
Higher than 80% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 43.4%
- 2016: 47.3%
- 2021: 52.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ballarat · Urban Area
Education & Qualifications in Ballarat
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people hold higher qualifications in Ballarat than in most similar areas, though rates remain below the state and national figures. A growing number of residents are finishing their studies, with the proportion of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher climbing 7.0 percentage points since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 52.8% of residents have completed Year 12, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This figure is well below the Victorian average of 61.8%, though it has risen by 9.4 percentage points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Ballarat, Year 12 is the majority at 56%; Year 10 is next at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The typical qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 30.0% of adults. While the 23.3% of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is much higher than in similar areas, it remains well below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
23.3% ▲ +42.6%
Higher than 84% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 23.3%
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 Ballarat, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 35%, followed by Bachelor degree (29%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 15.2%, followed by health at 13.5% and society and culture at 13.3%. Other common qualifications include engineering and education.
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 Ballarat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2003/ballarat/topic/education