67.0% ▲ +15.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.9%
- 2016: 66.4%
- 2021: 67.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Flinders · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Flinders
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
High levels of university education shape the daily life of Flinders, where nearly 40% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far above the national figure of 26.3%, reflecting a highly qualified local population. The area also shows strong school completion rates, with most residents finishing their secondary education.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is well above the national average, with 67% of residents finishing their final year of school. This is 8.1 percentage points higher than the Australian figure.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Flinders, Year 12 is the majority at 77%; Year 11 is next at 10%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Flinders is among the most qualified areas at this level, as 39.9% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher. This is far above Victoria's figure of 29.2%.
39.9% ▲ +37.2%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 39.9%
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 Flinders, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 44%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (22%) and Postgraduate degree (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 19.2%, followed by society and culture at 13.4%. Health and education qualifications are also common.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km, which is a smaller number of facilities 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Flinders [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20930/flinders/topic/education