31.1% ▼ -7.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Drung · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Drung
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Drung than in most other areas, with only 31.1% completing Year 12. This low level of formal schooling is mirrored in the qualifications held by adults, meaning higher education is less common here than across the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 31.1% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. Many people stopped their schooling earlier, with 27.4% finishing at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Drung splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (35%) and Year 10 (31%), with Year 11 at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon, with only 9.3% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, though 40.4% of people hold a Certificate III or IV.
9.3% ▲ +3.5%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 9.3%
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 Drung, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 60%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with a qualification, the most common fields are engineering (17.3%), health (15.4%), and management and commerce (15.4%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar areas.
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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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Drung [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20800/drung/topic/education