26.4% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Borung · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 26.4% of people in Borung have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This is a low-qualification area where few residents have finished high school or gone on to university.
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is much lower than most areas, with only 26.4% finishing Year 12. This is far below the 61.8% seen across Victoria, and another 26.4% of residents left school in Year 9 or below.
26.4% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Borung splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (31%) and Year 9 or below (31%), with Year 10 at 22%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here, as only 5.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 26.9%.
5.5% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Borung, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 70%; Bachelor degree is next at 30%.
What people studied.
There are no recorded qualifications in fields such as information technology, engineering, or agriculture in this area.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of the area.
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 Borung [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20305/borung/topic/education