45.4% ▲ +20.1%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.8%
- 2016: 40.6%
- 2021: 45.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
East Warburton · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Daily life in East Warburton is shaped by a workforce with practical skills, though formal schooling rates are lower than the national average. Fewer than half of residents finished Year 12, and university qualifications are less common here than in most other parts of Victoria.
Highest year of school completed.
Only 45.4% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the 61.8% seen across Victoria and 13 points lower than the national figure.
45.4% ▲ +20.1%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In East Warburton, Year 12 is the majority at 50%; Year 10 is next at 21%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are relatively uncommon, with only 15.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, far below the Victorian average of 29.2%. Trade qualifications are more frequent, as 30.7% of people hold a Certificate III or IV.
15.4% ▲ +16.4%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In East Warburton, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 42%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (23%).
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification in the area are society and culture at 17.6%, followed by engineering and related subjects at 15.5%.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by a single government primary school, which is much smaller than most other schools with an average size of 71 students.
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).
71
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,004
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
1 school — 71 students, average ICSEA 1,004.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Warburton Primary School, Warburton | Government | Primary | 10.4 km | 71 | 1,004 |
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in East Warburton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20833/east-warburton/topic/education