38.5% ▲ +20.4%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 38.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Flowerdale · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Flowerdale
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Flowerdale compared to the rest of the state. Only 38.5% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. This gap extends to higher education, with only 12.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure of 58.8%, with about 38.5% of people finishing their final year of school. Roughly 20.6% of residents stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Flowerdale, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (24%) and Year 11 (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 12.1% of the population, which is far below the 29.2% seen across Victoria. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 33.6% of residents.
12.1% ▲ +21.0%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 12.1%
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 Flowerdale, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Bachelor degree (20%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related services at 16.9%, followed by Society and Culture at 9.3%.
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, though the average school size is much lower than usual at just 27 students. The only school available is a government primary school.
9.26
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).
27
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
933
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Flowerdale
1 school — 27 students, average ICSEA 933.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Flowerdale Primary School, Flowerdale | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 27 | 933 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Flowerdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20932/flowerdale/topic/education