29.6% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cross Roads · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than 30% of people in Cross Roads have finished Year 12, which is far below the national and state figures. This reflects a community where most adults left school earlier, with no residents holding a university degree.
Highest year of school completed.
Only 29.6% of residents completed Year 12, which is much lower than most similar areas. The most common highest year of schooling here is Year 10, reached by 37% of the population.
29.6% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Cross Roads, the largest group is Year 10 at 48%, followed by Year 12 (38%) and Year 11 (14%).
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in the area hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Victorian figure of 29.2% and the national figure of 26.3%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Cross Roads, Advanced diploma / diploma is the majority at 100%.
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Education at 20%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of the area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar places.
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cross Roads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20677/cross-roads/topic/education