43.3% ▲ +15.4%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.5%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 43.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cheshunt · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cheshunt
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Cheshunt finished Year 12 compared to the rest of the state, with only 43.3% completing their secondary schooling. While this is well below the national figure, the area has a higher proportion of university-qualified adults than most similar places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 43.3% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian rate of 61.8% and the national figure of 58.8%. Around 21.6% of the population had Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Cheshunt, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (25%) and Year 11 (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 17.7% of the population, a figure higher than most similar areas but still well below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 30.5% of residents.
17.7% ▲ +47.4%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 17.7%
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 Cheshunt, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 38%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (25%) and Bachelor degree (24%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are most common in Engineering and related fields at 12.4%, followed by Health at 10.5% and Education at 9.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The sole primary school within 3 km is a government school with a much smaller average size of 34 students than most areas. However, it has a school 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).
34
Lower than 88% 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 Cheshunt
1 school — 34 students, average ICSEA 1,040.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Whitfield District Primary School, Whitfield | Government | Primary | 6.9 km | 34 | 1,040 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cheshunt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20543/cheshunt/topic/education