57.6% ▲ +90.1%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 57.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Chewton · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Chewton
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Over a third of adults in Chewton hold a bachelor's degree or higher, a figure well above the national average. This makes the area stand out for its high level of tertiary qualifications despite a lower rate of Year 12 completion than seen across Victoria.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 57.6% of residents finished Year 12, which is much higher than most similar areas but still a little below the Australian figure.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Chewton, Year 12 is the majority at 63%; Year 10 is next at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are common here, with 33.8% of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher, well above the 26.3% seen across Australia.
33.8% ▲ +140.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 33.8%
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 Chewton, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 33%, followed by Certificate III / IV (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are society and culture at 17.7%, followed by health at 12.7% and education at 10.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Chewton has a high number of schools for its size, with 8 within 3 km and a school advantage score much higher than most areas.
8.77
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
8
Higher than 77% 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).
198
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,057
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Chewton
8 schools — 1,587 students, average ICSEA 1,057.
By sector: Government 7 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 7 · Secondary 1
| Chewton Primary School, Chewton | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 54 | 1,119 |
| Castlemaine Primary School, Castlemaine | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 178 | 1,054 |
| Castlemaine Secondary College, Castlemaine | Government | Secondary | 4.7 km | 695 | 1,040 |
| St Mary's School, Castlemaine | Catholic | Primary | 5.0 km | 64 | 1,033 |
| Campbells Creek Primary School, Campbells Creek | Government | Primary | 5.3 km | 174 | 1,011 |
| Castlemaine North Primary School, Castlemaine | Government | Primary | 5.5 km | 278 | 1,117 |
| Winters Flat Primary School, Castlemaine | Government | Primary | 5.6 km | 115 | 1,078 |
| Elphinstone Primary School, Elphinstone | Government | Primary | 6.2 km | 29 | 1,036 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Chewton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20547/chewton/topic/education