46.8% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 50.6%
- 2021: 46.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Chintin · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Chintin
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Chintin sits around the middle of similar areas for its education levels. While 46.8% of residents finished Year 12, this is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. Only 16% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is also far below state and national levels.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of residents finished Year 12, a result that is far below the national figure of 58.8%. For many, the highest year of school reached was Year 10 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Chintin, Year 12 is the majority at 56%; Year 10 is next at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common here, with 16% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, far below Victoria's 29.2%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 31.6% of people.
16.0% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 16.0%
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 Chintin, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, 26.3% studied engineering and related fields. Health, food, hospitality and personal services each make up 8.8% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is much smaller than most others with an average size of 50 students. This school has a lower advantage score 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).
50
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
974
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Chintin
1 school — 50 students, average ICSEA 974.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Darraweit Guim Primary School, Darraweit Guim | Government | Primary | 5.3 km | 50 | 974 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Chintin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20555/chintin/topic/education