38.3% ▲ +7.0%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.8%
- 2016: 37.6%
- 2021: 38.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cora Lynn · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cora Lynn
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Cora Lynn have finished high school than in the rest of the state, with only 38.3% completing Year 12. This gap is seen across the board, with a very low number of adults holding university degrees compared to the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 38.3% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the 61.8% seen across Victoria. Around 22.8% of people stopped at Year 10, while 17.3% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Cora Lynn, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 10 (25%) and Year 9 or below (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The number of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is much lower than most areas at 8.1%. Instead, over half of those with qualifications hold a Certificate III or IV.
8.1% ▼ -3.9%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 8.1%
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 Cora Lynn, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 68%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are engineering and related subjects at 28%, followed by health and education, which both sit at 9.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3 km, which is larger than about 59% of similar areas. The school has an average size of 161 students and an advantage score around the middle for its level.
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).
161
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
998
Higher 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 Cora Lynn
1 school — 161 students, average ICSEA 998.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Bayles Regional Primary School, Bayles | Government | Primary | 5.6 km | 161 | 998 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cora Lynn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20633/cora-lynn/topic/education