39.8% ▲ +39.7%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 39.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Birchip · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Birchip
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than 40% of residents in Birchip finished Year 12, a figure far below both the Victorian and national averages. This creates a significant education gap compared to the rest of the state, with a smaller proportion of adults holding university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 39.8% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. About 18.1% of residents finished Year 9 or below, while those finishing Year 10 or 11 make up around 16% each.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Birchip, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 9 or below (20%) and Year 10 (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 16.3% of the population, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 33.1% of residents.
16.3% ▲ +38.7%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 16.3%
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 Birchip, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 42%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with health (16.6%) and engineering (15.9%) being the most common. Education and agriculture and environment also make up significant portions of the totals.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Birchip has more schools per 1,000 children than most similar areas, although the typical school size of 162 students is lower than usual. All local schools are government-run combined primary and secondary institutions.
8.20
Higher than 72% 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).
162
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
989
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Birchip
1 school — 162 students, average ICSEA 989.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Birchip P-12 School, Birchip | Government | Combined | 2.0 km | 162 | 989 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Birchip [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20244/birchip/topic/education