42.7% ▲ +15.3%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.0%
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 42.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bruthen · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bruthen
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Bruthen sits around the middle of similar areas for education, though it trails far behind state and national figures in school and degree completion. Only 15% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is much lower than the 26.3% national average. This reflects a workforce geared more towards practical skills and trade-level certificates.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion of Year 12 is far below the national figure, with only 42.7% of residents finishing their final year. About 22.2% of the community left school after Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bruthen, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (24%) and Year 11 (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Trade and vocational certificates are common here, with 36.1% of adults holding a Certificate III or IV. This helps explain why the 15% rate of bachelor degrees is far below the Victorian average of 29.2%.
15.0% ▲ +28.3%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 15.0%
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 Bruthen, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (23%) and Bachelor degree (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications have studied a variety of fields, led by society and culture at 16.3% and engineering at 13.5%. Other common areas include health, management, and agriculture.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools per child, though they are much smaller than most. There are two government primary schools within 3km, both of which are smaller than the typical school in similar areas.
6.54
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
78
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
998
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bruthen
2 schools — 156 students, average ICSEA 998.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Bruthen Primary School, Bruthen | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 72 | 994 |
| Tambo Upper Primary School, Tambo Upper | Government | Primary | 6.7 km | 84 | 1,001 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bruthen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20364/bruthen/topic/education