Ballarat · Urban Area

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

23.3%2021

Ballarat's bachelor+ is 23.3% — well above average, much higher than the typical urban area (15.1%).

It ranks 17th of 111 urban areas nationally — higher than 85% of them.

Ballarat has a higher bachelor+ than nearby Bendigo, Warrnambool and Bacchus Marsh, but a lower one than Geelong, Gisborne and Castlemaine.

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📍 Ballarat, Urban Area

Trend across censuses

21.0%22.0%23.0%24.0%25.0%26.0%202123.3%

Not directly comparable across years.

Where Ballarat sits

All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Ballarat — higher than 85% of areas.

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Adults with a bachelor degree or higher in nearby areas

  1. Melbourne33.0%
  2. Castlemaine30.5%
  3. Gisborne27.3%
  4. Geelong25.5%
  5. Bendigo20.3%
  6. Warrnambool19.4%
  7. Bacchus Marsh17.7%
  8. Not in any Significant Urban Area (Vic.)16.0%
  9. Echuca - Moama14.1%
  10. Colac11.4%

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