31.3% ▼ -28.1%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.5%
- 2016: 45.8%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Gheringhap · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Gheringhap
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Gheringhap finished high school compared to the rest of the country. While 31.3% completed Year 12, this is far below the national figure of 58.8%. However, the area has a higher proportion of adults with university degrees than most similar areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 31.3% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Victorian rate of 61.8%. About 19.6% of people stopped at Year 10, and another 18.8% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Gheringhap, the largest group is Year 12 at 37%, followed by Year 10 (23%) and Year 9 or below (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 18.3% of the population. While this is higher than in most similar areas, it is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
18.3% ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Gheringhap splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (35%) and Certificate III / IV (33%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 24%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in health at 20.6%, followed by education at 11.1% and engineering and related fields at 9.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The one primary school within 3km is Catholic and has an advantage score of 1,047, which is much higher than most areas. It is a typical size for its level, averaging 392 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).
392
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,047
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Gheringhap
1 school — 392 students, average ICSEA 1,047.
By sector: Catholic 1
By type: Primary 1
| St Mary MacKillop Catholic Primary School, Bannockburn | Catholic | Primary | 6.1 km | 392 | 1,047 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Gheringhap [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20990/gheringhap/topic/education