26.9% ▲ +2.8%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Dunolly · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Dunolly
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Dunolly have completed high school or university than in most other parts of the country. Only 26.9% of people have finished Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. This gap is reflected in the low number of adults with university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is among the lowest at this level, sitting at 26.9%. About a quarter of residents left school in Year 9 or below, and another 24.1% finished Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Dunolly splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (30%) and Year 9 or below (27%), with Year 10 at 27%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is uncommon here, with only 7.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 38.7% of residents.
7.1% ▲ +6.6%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 7.1%
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 Dunolly, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related subjects at 17.3%, followed by society and culture at 14.7% and management and commerce at 12.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Dunolly has a higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though the typical school size is much smaller than usual at 88 students. The area's only school is a government primary school.
8.93
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
88
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
952
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Dunolly
1 school — 88 students, average ICSEA 952.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Dunolly Primary School, Dunolly | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 88 | 952 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Dunolly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20813/dunolly/topic/education