59.2% ▲ +17.0%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.6%
- 2016: 52.4%
- 2021: 59.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Drummond · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A high proportion of adults in Drummond hold university degrees, with 33.9% having a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the national figure of 26.3%. The area is generally well-qualified, though it currently has no schools within 3 kilometres.
Highest year of school completed.
About 59.2% of residents finished Year 12, which is much higher than most similar areas. This result is about the same as the Australian average, though a little below the Victorian figure.
59.2% ▲ +17.0%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Drummond, Year 12 is the majority at 65%; Year 11 is next at 19%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area is highly qualified, with 33.9% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, well above the Victorian average. Bachelor degrees and Certificate III or IV are the most common qualifications, each held by 26.2% of people.
33.9% ▲ +44.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Drummond splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (30%) and Certificate III / IV (30%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 16%.
What people studied.
Qualifications in Drummond are spread across several fields. Health and education are the most common, each accounting for 11.6% of qualifications, followed by management and commerce at 9.3%.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 kilometres of the area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar places.
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Lower than 99% 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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Drummond [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20798/drummond/topic/education