44.2% ▲ +41.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 44.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Clunes · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Clunes
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational attainment in Clunes has remained steady over the last decade, though it lags behind state norms. Only 44.2% of residents have finished Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. Despite this, the area has a higher rate of university degrees than many similar small towns.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion of Year 12 is far below the national figure, with only 44.2% of residents finishing their final school year. Other common outcomes include Year 10 at 18.6% and Year 9 or below at 15.3%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Clunes, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (20%) and Year 9 or below (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 18.0% of adults, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 31.8% of people.
18.0% ▲ +77.6%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 18.0%
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 Clunes, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 39%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with society and culture being the most common at 14.2%. Education, engineering, and management and commerce also feature prominently, each held by around 12% of qualified residents.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by a single government primary school, which is smaller than most schools in similar areas. There are 3.86 schools per 1,000 children, which is around the middle for its level.
3.86
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
96
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
978
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Clunes
1 school — 96 students, average ICSEA 978.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Clunes Primary School, Clunes | Government | Primary | 0.5 km | 96 | 978 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Clunes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20580/clunes/topic/education