35.8% ▲ +29.2%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 35.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Corio · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Corio
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 35.8% of residents in Corio have finished Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure. This gap in school completions is reflected in the local qualification levels, where university degrees are much less common than in most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure, with only 35.8% of people finishing. In contrast, 21.1% of residents have a Year 9 education or lower.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Corio, the largest group is Year 12 at 40%, followed by Year 9 or below (23%) and Year 10 (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 7.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Victoria and Australia figures. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 39.5% of people.
7.7% ▲ +76.4%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 7.7%
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 Corio, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are Society and Culture at 15.4% and Engineering at 14.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are much larger than most other areas, with an average size of 663 students. While there are 9 schools within 3km, the number of schools per 1,000 children is much lower than in most areas.
1.04
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
9
Higher than 78% 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).
663
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,008
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Corio
9 schools — 5,970 students, average ICSEA 1,008.
By sector: Government 4 · Independent 3 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 5 · Combined 4
| St Francis Xavier School, Corio | Catholic | Primary | 1.8 km | 177 | 937 |
| Geelong Grammar School - Corio Campus, Corio | Independent | Combined | 1.9 km | 1,422 | 1,149 |
| Northern Bay P-12 College, Corio | Government | Combined | 2.3 km | 1,726 | 877 |
| St Thomas Aquinas School, Norlane | Catholic | Primary | 3.0 km | 149 | 941 |
| Geelong Baptist College, Lovely Banks | Independent | Combined | 4.3 km | 255 | 1,031 |
| Lara Lake Primary School, Lara Lake | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 888 | 1,025 |
| Bell Park North Primary School, Bell Park | Government | Primary | 5.6 km | 292 | 956 |
| Rollins Primary School, Bell Post Hill | Government | Primary | 5.8 km | 326 | 1,001 |
| Covenant College, Bell Post Hill | Independent | Combined | 6.2 km | 735 | 1,070 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Corio [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20640/corio/topic/education