39.1% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Glen Valley · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than 40% of residents in Glen Valley finished Year 12, making it an area with much lower school completion rates than most of the country. However, about 21.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is more common here than in many similar areas.
Highest year of school completed.
Only 39.1% of people completed Year 12, a figure far below the Victorian average of 61.8%. Around 30.4% of residents finished Year 9 or below, while 21.7% reached Year 10.
39.1% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Glen Valley, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 9 or below (33%) and Year 10 (24%).
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 21.7%, which is higher than in most similar areas, though this remains well below the national figure of 26.3%.
21.7% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Glen Valley, Bachelor degree is the majority at 100%.
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Natural & physical sciences at 50%, ahead of Information technology (0%).
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number of facilities than about 59% of similar places.
0
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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Glen Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21012/glen-valley/topic/education