46.3% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 60.0%
- 2021: 46.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Blakeville · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of adults in Blakeville have completed Year 12, which is a much lower rate than across Victoria. This trend is reflected in the local qualifications, where university degrees are far less common than in the state or national averages.
Highest year of school completed.
Only 46.3% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Victorian rate of 61.8%. This is the most common level of schooling, though about 24.4% of people left school in Year 9 or below.
46.3% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Blakeville, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 9 or below (26%) and Year 10 (18%).
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by just 12.2% of adults. This is far below the national figure of 26.3% and lower than most other similar areas.
12.2% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Blakeville, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Bachelor degree is next at 24%.
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Engineering & related at 26%, ahead of Architecture & building (16%).
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of the area, a situation that is more common than 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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Blakeville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20258/blakeville/topic/education