47.3% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 47.4%
- 2021: 47.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Crossover · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Crossover
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Crossover finished high school than across Victoria, with only 47.3% completing Year 12. Despite this gap, the area has a strong number of university-educated adults, which is much higher than in most similar places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 47.3%, which is far below the 61.8% seen across Victoria. About 16.3% of residents finished Year 11, while 11.6% stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Crossover, Year 12 is the majority at 56%; Year 11 is next at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 29% of adults, which is a little above the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 28% of people.
29.0% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Crossover splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (36%) and Bachelor degree (33%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 13%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Health is the most common field of study at 17%, followed by management, commerce, society and culture, and engineering, which each account for around 11% to 12% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Crossover has three schools within 3km, which is more than 70% of similar areas. All schools are government-run, and the typical school size of 171 students is lower than most areas.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
171
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
976
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Crossover
3 schools — 514 students, average ICSEA 976.
By sector: Government 3
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| Neerim District Secondary College, Neerim South | Government | Secondary | 4.7 km | 223 | 948 |
| Neerim South Primary School, Neerim South | Government | Primary | 4.9 km | 148 | 994 |
| Buln Buln Primary School, Buln Buln | Government | Primary | 5.5 km | 143 | 1,000 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Crossover [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20679/crossover/topic/education