37.6% ▲ +10.8%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 37.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Byrneside · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Byrneside
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 37.6% of residents in Byrneside have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This reflects a community where formal schooling and higher degrees are much less common than in most other Australian areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 37.6%, which is far below both the Victorian figure of 61.8% and the national average of 58.8%. About 24% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Byrneside, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 10 (26%) and Year 11 (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is rare here, with only 8% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 29.2% seen in Victoria and the 26.3% across Australia.
8.0% ▼ -32.0%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 8.0%
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 Byrneside, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 41%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (27%) and Bachelor degree (25%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications held by residents are in engineering and related fields at 23.9%, followed by management and commerce at 14.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one primary school, which is Catholic. This school has an advantage score of 1,040, which is much 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).
236
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,040
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Byrneside
1 school — 236 students, average ICSEA 1,040.
By sector: Catholic 1
By type: Primary 1
| Sacred Heart School, Tatura | Catholic | Primary | 6.7 km | 236 | 1,040 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Byrneside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20436/byrneside/topic/education