38.9% ▲ +7.7%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.1%
- 2016: 36.2%
- 2021: 38.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Eagle Point · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Eagle Point
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 23 percentage points separates Eagle Point from Victoria in Year 12 completion rates. This disparity is a key feature of the area's education profile, where only 38.9% of residents finished high school. These figures are far below both the state and national averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people in Eagle Point finished high school than in most similar areas. Only 38.9% completed Year 12, which is far below the 61.8% seen across Victoria.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Eagle Point, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 10 (25%) and Year 11 (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 16.2% of the population, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 38.6% of residents.
16.2% ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 16.2%
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 Eagle Point, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are engineering and related subjects at 16.9%, followed by management and commerce at 14.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has more schools per 1,000 children than most similar places, with two primary schools located within 3km. Both are government schools with a typical size of 130 students.
7.30
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
130
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
979
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Eagle Point
2 schools — 259 students, average ICSEA 979.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Eagle Point Primary School, Eagle Point | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 170 | 1,002 |
| Paynesville Primary School, Paynesville | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 89 | 934 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Eagle Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20822/eagle-point/topic/education