62.5% ▲ +44.5%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.3%
- 2016: 47.3%
- 2021: 62.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Blackwood · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Blackwood
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher levels of learning have become more common in Blackwood, where 30.2% of adults now hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is much higher than most similar areas and well above the national figure of 26.3%. Residents here are generally well-qualified, with a strong leaning towards university education.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
A high proportion of the community has finished secondary school, with 62.5% completing Year 12. This is much higher than most similar areas and sits slightly above the Victorian average of 61.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Blackwood, Year 12 is the majority at 69%; Year 10 is next at 12%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are common here, as 30.2% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the Australian figure of 26.3%, with 28.7% of the population holding a bachelor degree specifically.
30.2% ▲ +51.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Blackwood splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (35%) and Certificate III / IV (32%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 15%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are society and culture at 18.4% and creative arts at 13.0%. Other common areas of study include engineering, health, and management, each held by 9.0% of qualified residents.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number than about 59% of similar places.
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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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Blackwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20256/blackwood/topic/education