51.2% ▲ +74.8%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 51.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Colignan · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Colignan
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of over 21 percentage points separates Colignan from the national figure for bachelor degrees. While over half the community finished Year 12, the area lacks high-level university qualifications compared to most other parts of Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 51.2% of residents completed Year 12, which is higher than in most similar areas. However, this is well below the Australian average of 58.8% and far below Victoria's 61.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Colignan, Year 12 is the majority at 57%; Year 10 is next at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 4.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average and much lower than most other areas. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 31.3% of people.
4.9% ▲ +17.4%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 4.9%
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 Colignan, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (24%) and Bachelor degree (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Colignan are spread across several fields, with Engineering and Management and Commerce both being the most common at 13.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by one government primary school. This school is much smaller than most others in similar areas, with an average size of just 37 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).
37
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
941
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Colignan
1 school — 37 students, average ICSEA 941.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Nangiloc Colignan and District Primary School, Nangiloc | Government | Primary | 7.6 km | 37 | 941 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Colignan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20615/colignan/topic/education