32.5% ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Buchan · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Buchan
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Buchan have remained low compared to the rest of the state. Only 32.5% of residents completed Year 12, a figure that sits far below the Victorian average. This gap is reflected in the local qualification rates, where university degrees are much less common than in other parts of Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure, with only 32.5% of people finishing their final school year. In contrast, 21.3% of residents peaked at Year 10 and 13% left school at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Buchan, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 10 (27%) and Year 11 (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 9.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the 29.2% seen across Victoria. The most common high-level qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 32.7% of residents.
9.4% ▼ -13.3%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 9.4%
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 Buchan, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Bachelor degree is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related subjects at 14.5%, followed by Agriculture and environment at 9.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by a single government primary school, which is among the smallest in the country with an average size of just 23 students.
41.67
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
23
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,017
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Buchan
1 school — 23 students, average ICSEA 1,017.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Buchan Primary School, Buchan | Government | Primary | 8.4 km | 23 | 1,017 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Buchan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20366/buchan/topic/education