31.8% ▲ +18.0%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Avoca · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Avoca
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Avoca have finished high school or earned degrees compared to most similar areas. Only 31.8% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This creates a local profile where trade certificates are more common than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 31.8% of people here finished Year 12, a figure far below the 58.8% national average. About 21.9% of residents left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Avoca, the largest group is Year 12 at 36%, followed by Year 9 or below (25%) and Year 10 (23%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here than in most areas, with only 11.3% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. Instead, Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 35.8%.
11.3% ▲ +42.2%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 11.3%
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 Avoca, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Bachelor degree (19%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications in Avoca most often studied engineering and related fields (14.2%), followed by society and culture (11.9%) and health (11.4%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by a single government primary school within 3km. This school is smaller than most in similar areas, with a typical size of 94 students.
4.52
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
94
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
965
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Avoca
1 school — 94 students, average ICSEA 965.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Avoca Primary School, Avoca | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 94 | 965 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Avoca [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20087/avoca/topic/education