53.1% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 58.8%
- 2021: 53.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Caveat · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school or university in Caveat compared to the rest of the state. Only 53.1% of residents completed Year 12, which is well below the Victorian and national figures. This gap in formal schooling is mirrored in higher education, where bachelor's degrees are much less common than across Australia.
Highest year of school completed.
Just over half of residents completed Year 12, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but well below the 61.8% seen across Victoria. About 22.4% of people finished Year 11 as their highest level of schooling.
53.1% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Caveat, Year 12 is the majority at 55%; Year 11 is next at 23%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 13% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification in the area is an advanced diploma or diploma, held by 31.3% of people.
13.0% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Caveat, the largest group is Advanced diploma / diploma at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (32%) and Certificate III / IV (23%).
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most popular fields are engineering and related studies at 18.8%, followed by agriculture and environment at 15.6%. Creative arts are also common, representing 12.5% of qualifications.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 kilometres of the area. This makes it smaller than about 59% of similar areas in terms of local educational facilities.
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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 Caveat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20525/caveat/topic/education