32.2% ▲ +11.6%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Derrinallum · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Derrinallum
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Derrinallum have finished high school than in most other areas, with only 32.2% completing Year 12. This creates a local profile where practical skills and trade qualifications are more common than higher academic degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 32.2% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the 61.8% seen across Victoria. About 19.9% of residents stopped at Year 11, and 19% finished Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Derrinallum, the largest group is Year 12 at 37%, followed by Year 11 (23%) and Year 10 (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 15.6%, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 32.4% of adults.
15.6% ▲ +38.1%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 15.6%
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 Derrinallum, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Engineering, Health, and Agriculture and Environment each accounting for between 12.4% and 13.5% of degrees and certificates.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Derrinallum has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though the typical school size is much smaller than most areas. The only school is a government-run combined primary and secondary institution.
15.38
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
72
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
987
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Derrinallum
1 school — 72 students, average ICSEA 987.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Derrinallum P-12 College, Derrinallum | Government | Combined | 4.2 km | 72 | 987 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Derrinallum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20745/derrinallum/topic/education