32.4% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Buckrabanyule · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Much lower school completion rates than most similar areas define Buckrabanyule, where only 32.4% of residents have finished Year 12. This is far below both the Victorian and national figures, marking a significant gap in formal education for the area.
Highest year of school completed.
Only 32.4% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian rate of 61.8%. Another 32.4% of residents left school in Year 9 or earlier.
32.4% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Buckrabanyule splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (36%) and Year 9 or below (36%), with Year 10 at 18%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13% of the population, a figure that is far below the national average of 26.3%. However, this standing is around the middle for similar areas.
13.0% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Buckrabanyule, Bachelor degree is the majority at 67%; Certificate III / IV is next at 33%.
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are management and commerce at 20.8%, followed by agriculture and environment and health, which both sit at 12.5%.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is smaller than about 59% of similar areas.
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 Buckrabanyule [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20371/buckrabanyule/topic/education