26.3% ▲ +88.8%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Barmah · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Barmah
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Almost 43% of qualified adults in Barmah hold a Certificate III or IV, marking it as an area where practical trade skills are more common than university degrees. Education levels here are much lower than the state and national figures, with very few residents holding a bachelor degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 26.3% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian average of 61.8%. About 27% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10, and another 26% left at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Barmah splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (29%) and Year 12 (28%), with Year 9 or below at 28%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are rare here, with only 5.3% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 26.3% national figure, with no one in the area holding a postgraduate degree.
5.3% ▲ —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 5.3%
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 Barmah, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 59%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 26%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering (16.5%) and health (12.6%), followed by architecture, building, and education at 9.7% each.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, a situation seen in about 59% of similar places.
0
Lower than 99% 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Barmah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20144/barmah/topic/education