30.2% ▲ +5.0%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bet Bet · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bet Bet
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A stark gap exists between Bet Bet and the rest of the country, with only 30.2% of people completing Year 12. This is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%, marking the area as one with significantly lower levels of formal schooling than most other regions.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 30.2% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. Another 30.2% of the population stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Bet Bet splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (33%) and Year 10 (33%), with Year 9 or below at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here, with only 3.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 29.2% seen across Victoria, while the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV at 36.4%.
3.7% ▼ -54.1%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 3.7%
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 Bet Bet, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 63%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 26%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are engineering and related subjects at 19.7%, followed by agriculture, environment, and education at 9.1% each.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar areas.
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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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bet Bet [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20226/bet-bet/topic/education