34.2% ▲ +33.6%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Dimboola · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Dimboola
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Dimboola finished high school than in the rest of the state. Only 34.2% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. This gap is reflected in the local qualifications, where university degrees are much less common than the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is far below the national figure, with only 34.2% of people doing so. For others, the most common highest year of school finished was Year 10 at 20.9%, followed by Year 11 at 17.9%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Dimboola, the largest group is Year 12 at 38%, followed by Year 10 (23%) and Year 9 or below (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 10.5% of the population, which is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia. The most common high-level qualification in the area is a Certificate III or IV, held by 36.1% of people.
10.5% ▲ +49.3%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 10.5%
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 Dimboola, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (22%) and Bachelor degree (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related services at 16.3%, followed by health at 12.6% and management and commerce at 9.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Dimboola has more schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though these schools are smaller and have lower advantage scores. All local schools are government-run, split evenly between primary and secondary types.
9.26
Higher than 73% 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).
105
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
969
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Dimboola
2 schools — 209 students, average ICSEA 969.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Secondary 1 · Primary 1
| Dimboola Memorial Secondary College, Dimboola | Government | Secondary | 7.2 km | 124 | 956 |
| Dimboola Primary School, Dimboola | Government | Primary | 7.6 km | 85 | 989 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Dimboola [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20756/dimboola/topic/education