66.7% ▲ +17.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.6%
- 2016: 46.6%
- 2021: 66.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Dinner Plain · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Dinner Plain
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A growing number of high-level qualifications define the residents of Dinner Plain, where 30.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is a highly educated area, with school completion rates sitting well above both the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Two thirds of residents have finished Year 12, a figure that is well above the Victorian average of 61.8% and much higher than most similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Dinner Plain, Year 12 is the majority at 81%; Year 11 is next at 10%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by 30.2% of adults, which is well above the Australian figure. The most common qualifications are Certificate III or IV at 27.6%, followed by bachelor degrees at 20.7%.
30.2% ▲ +18.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 30.2%
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 Dinner Plain, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 32%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 18.4%, while health and education both account for 11.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government secondary school within 3 km of the area.
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).
Schools serving Dinner Plain
1 school.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Secondary 1
| School for Student Leadership, Dinner Plain | Government | Secondary | 2.7 km | — | — |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Dinner Plain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20760/dinner-plain/topic/education