20.9% —
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Flagstaff · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Flagstaff
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 41 percentage points separates Flagstaff from Victoria in Year 12 completion rates. Only 20.9% of people here finished high school, and just 3.4% of adults hold a university degree. This makes the area much lower than most other places for formal education and qualifications.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Schooling levels are among the lowest for similar areas. Roughly 24.4% of residents left school in Year 9 or below, while 20.9% completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Flagstaff splits fairly evenly between Year 9 or below (30%) and Year 12 (26%), with Year 10 at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 3.4% of the population, far below the 29.2% seen across Victoria. Most qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV, which is the most common qualification at 53.3%.
3.4% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 3.4%
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 Flagstaff, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 80%; Bachelor degree is next at 10%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, 31.1% studied engineering and related fields. Other common areas of study include society and culture at 13.3% and health at 8.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are three schools within 3km, which is more than 70% of similar areas. These are evenly split between government, Catholic, and independent sectors, with two-thirds being primary schools.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
319
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
995
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Flagstaff
3 schools — 957 students, average ICSEA 995.
By sector: Government 1 · Catholic 1 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| Carisbrook Primary School, Carisbrook | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 228 | 949 |
| St Augustine's School, Maryborough | Catholic | Primary | 3.6 km | 266 | 1,016 |
| Highview College, Maryborough | Independent | Secondary | 3.6 km | 463 | 1,005 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Flagstaff [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20927/flagstaff/topic/education