43.4% ▲ +40.0%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 37.4%
- 2021: 43.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Buxton · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Buxton
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of Buxton residents have finished Year 12, though the area has a higher proportion of degree holders than many similar small towns. This creates a unique mix of educational backgrounds across the community, with 18.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 43.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8% and the Victorian rate of 61.8%. About 19.4% of people in the area stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Buxton, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (22%) and Year 11 (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
While 18.1% of adults have a university degree—a figure higher than most similar areas—this is still well below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 37.5% of residents.
18.1% ▲ +54.1%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 18.1%
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 Buxton, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Buxton are diverse, with Engineering and related fields being the most common at 17.8%, followed by Society and Culture at 11.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schooling is focused on one small government primary school, which serves the area despite having a typical size of just 40 students. There are 12.5 schools per 1,000 children, a rate much higher than most similar areas.
12.50
Higher than 79% 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).
40
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
997
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Buxton
1 school — 40 students, average ICSEA 997.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Buxton Primary School, Buxton | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 40 | 997 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Buxton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20431/buxton/topic/education