33.8% ▲ +45.6%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Beaufort · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Beaufort
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 28 percentage points separates the rate of Year 12 completion in Beaufort from the Victorian average. Only 33.8% of residents finished their final year of school, which is far below the state and national figures. This trend extends to higher education, with few adults holding university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure, with only 33.8% of people finishing. Many others stopped earlier, including 25.6% who finished Year 10 and 15.8% who completed Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Beaufort, the largest group is Year 12 at 37%, followed by Year 10 (28%) and Year 11 (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common here than in most areas, with only 11.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 29.2% seen across Victoria; instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV at 38.4%.
11.1% ▲ +94.9%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 11.1%
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 Beaufort, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (22%) and Bachelor degree (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are Engineering and related topics at 15.7%, followed by Society and Culture at 13.6% and Health at 10.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Beaufort has 8.03 schools per 1,000 children, which is higher than most similar areas. All schools here are government-run, and they tend to be smaller than average, with a typical size of 113 students.
8.03
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
113
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
975
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Beaufort
3 schools — 339 students, average ICSEA 975.
By sector: Government 3
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| Beaufort Primary School, Beaufort | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 130 | 983 |
| Beaufort Secondary College, Beaufort | Government | Secondary | 4.3 km | 201 | 968 |
| Trawalla Primary School, Trawalla | Government | Primary | 12.0 km | 8 | 1,024 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Beaufort [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20181/beaufort/topic/education