43.2% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.0%
- 2021: 43.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bowmans Forest · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bowmans Forest
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Few residents of Bowmans Forest have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the state. Only 43.2% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. This reflects a community where many adults have left school early or hold vocational certificates instead of degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is far less common here than across Australia, where 58.8% finish. About 22.7% of residents stopped at Year 11, and 12.5% reached Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bowmans Forest, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 11 is next at 27%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon, with only 14.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, far below the national figure of 26.3%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 34.5% of residents.
14.4% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 14.4%
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 Bowmans Forest, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (30%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (27%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, led by Health at 21.8% and Agriculture and Environment at 16.4%. Management, commerce, society, and culture each account for 10.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The only school within 3km is a government primary school with a small typical size of 26 students. Despite the small size, this school has an advantage score of 1,013, which is higher than most areas.
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).
26
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,013
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bowmans Forest
1 school — 26 students, average ICSEA 1,013.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Whorouly Primary School, Whorouly | Government | Primary | 5.8 km | 26 | 1,013 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bowmans Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20312/bowmans-forest/topic/education