50.5% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.2%
- 2021: 50.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Docker · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Docker
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
About half of Docker residents have finished Year 12, a result that is higher than in most similar areas. While educational attainment is better than in many nearby spots, the area still sits well below state and national figures for school and degree completions.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Around 50.5% of people completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the 61.8% seen across Victoria.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Docker, Year 12 is the majority at 57%; Year 11 is next at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Nearly one in five adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is higher than most similar areas, though it remains well below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
19.8% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Docker splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (36%) and Certificate III / IV (31%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 24%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in health (18.5%) and management and commerce (13.0%), followed by creative arts at 9.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The local primary school is a government-run facility with a small average size of 76 students, though it has a higher advantage score than most similar areas.
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).
76
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,007
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Docker
1 school — 76 students, average ICSEA 1,007.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Oxley Primary School, Oxley | Government | Primary | 7.4 km | 76 | 1,007 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Docker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20764/docker/topic/education