59.6% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 55.1%
- 2021: 59.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Clydebank · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Clydebank
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly 60% of people in Clydebank have finished Year 12, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas. While school completion is strong, higher university degrees are far less common here than in the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 59.6% of residents completed Year 12, which is a little below the Victorian figure and about the same as the national average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Clydebank, Year 12 is the majority at 69%; Year 10 is next at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 17% of the population. This is well below the Australian figure of 26.3%, though the area sits around the middle for its level.
17.0% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 17.0%
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 Clydebank, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 40%, followed by Bachelor degree (20%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in engineering and agriculture and environment, each held by 17.7% of qualified residents, followed by education at 11.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schooling is provided by two government primary schools, though the average school size of 32 is much lower than most areas.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
32
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
943
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Clydebank
2 schools — 64 students, average ICSEA 943.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Cobains Primary School, Cobains | Government | Primary | 6.0 km | 46 | 939 |
| Airly Primary School, Airly | Government | Primary | 7.2 km | 18 | 954 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Clydebank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20583/clydebank/topic/education