47.4% ▲ +9.2%
Higher than 53% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 43.5%
- 2016: 45.2%
- 2021: 47.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
3663, VIC · Postcode
Education & Qualifications in 3663, VIC
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 14 percentage points separates the 47.4% of people in postcode 3663 who finished Year 12 from the Victorian average. This area has a smaller proportion of people with high-level degrees than most of the country. While more people have finished high school than they did in 2011, the share of adults with a university degree has fallen.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer than half of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia. This rate rose 4 percentage points since 2011, though 11.5% of people still left school in Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In 3663, VIC, Year 12 is the majority at 57%; Year 10 is next at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 10.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average and a drop of 5 percentage points since 2011. Instead, the most common qualifications are Certificate III or IV, held by 30% of the population.
10.1% ▼ -33.3%
Lower than 77% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 10.1%
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 3663, VIC, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (29%) and Postgraduate degree (13%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are most common in management and commerce at 16%, followed by engineering at 13% and education at 12%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of this area, making it smaller in this regard than about 84% of similar places.
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Lower than 99% of postcode 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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in 3663, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3663/3663-vic/topic/education