23.6% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Addington · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Addington
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 38 percentage points separates Addington from Victoria in Year 12 completion rates. Only 23.6% of residents finished high school, and no adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This makes the area's educational profile far below the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is among the lowest for similar areas at 23.6%. This is far below the 61.8% recorded across Victoria and the 58.8% national figure.
Highest year of school
View on map →Addington splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (30%) and Year 9 or below (28%), with Year 10 at 26%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in Addington hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Victorian average of 29.2%. Instead, the most common qualifications are Certificate III or IV at 28.1% and diplomas at 25%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Addington, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 47%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, 25% studied management and commerce, while 18.8% focused on engineering and related fields. Agriculture and environment accounted for 15.6% of degrees.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is much smaller than most others with an average size of 53 students. Its average school advantage score of 967 is lower than most areas.
1
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality 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).
53
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
967
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Addington
1 school — 53 students, average ICSEA 967.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Waubra Primary School, Waubra | Government | Primary | 5.1 km | 53 | 967 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Addington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20008/addington/topic/education