61.6% ▲ +24.7%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.4%
- 2016: 58.5%
- 2021: 61.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Gnarwarre · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A little above the national figure, 61.6% of people in Gnarwarre finished Year 12. While high school completion is common, university degrees are less frequent here than in the wider Victorian community.
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is much higher than in most similar areas, sitting at 61.6%. This is about the same as the state average and slightly higher than the Australian figure.
61.6% ▲ +24.7%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Gnarwarre, Year 12 is the majority at 65%; Year 10 is next at 17%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 25.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is much higher than most similar areas but well below the Victorian average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 32.3% of residents.
25.3% ▲ +16.9%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Gnarwarre, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 34%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (22%).
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 18.7%, followed by engineering at 14.8% and education at 10.3%.
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 than about 59% of similar places.
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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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Gnarwarre [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21050/gnarwarre/topic/education