44.9% ▲ +13.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.7%
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 44.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Clarendon · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Clarendon
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people in Clarendon hold university degrees than in most similar areas, though few have finished high school. Only 44.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This mix of qualifications suggests a community where some residents have high-level degrees despite not finishing traditional secondary schooling.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people here finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with 44.9% completing Year 12. This is far below the 61.8% seen across Victoria.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Clarendon, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (24%) and Year 11 (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Around 20.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this is still well below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
20.3% ▲ +39.6%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 20.3%
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 Clarendon, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 39%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are engineering and related subjects at 20.8%, followed by management and commerce at 16.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km, which is much smaller than most similar schools with an average size of 41 students.
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).
41
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
983
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Clarendon
1 school — 41 students, average ICSEA 983.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Lal Lal Primary School, Lal Lal | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 41 | 983 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Clarendon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20564/clarendon/topic/education