35.1% ▲ +9.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 35.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Corryong · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Corryong
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 27 percentage points separates Corryong from Victoria in Year 12 completion rates. Only 35.1% of people here finished their final year of school, which is far below the state and national figures. This trend extends to higher education, where the proportion of adults with a university degree is also much lower than most areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just over a third of residents finished Year 12, a figure far below the national average of 58.8%. For others, the highest year of school completed was Year 10 for 20.1% and Year 11 for 16.1% of the population.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Corryong, the largest group is Year 12 at 40%, followed by Year 10 (23%) and Year 11 (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here, with only 12.2% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. Instead, the most typical qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 33.8% of residents.
12.2% ▲ +35.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 12.2%
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 Corryong, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (20%) and Bachelor degree (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are Health at 12.5% and Engineering and related fields at 12.2%. Education and Management and commerce both account for 10.2% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Corryong has 9.66 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most areas. The two local schools are split evenly between the government and Catholic sectors, and both are smaller than the typical school in similar areas.
9.66
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
157
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
973
Lower 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 Corryong
2 schools — 313 students, average ICSEA 973.
By sector: Government 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Combined 1 · Primary 1
| Corryong College, Corryong | Government | Combined | 1.4 km | 257 | 964 |
| Sacred Heart School, Corryong | Catholic | Primary | 1.4 km | 56 | 1,013 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Corryong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20648/corryong/topic/education