53.8% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 49.6%
- 2021: 53.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Gooram · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people in Gooram hold higher qualifications than in most similar areas, though figures remain well below the state average. While 17.6% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, over half the population has completed Year 12.
Highest year of school completed.
Around 53.8% of residents finished Year 12, which is higher than in most similar areas but well below the 61.8% figure for Victoria.
53.8% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Gooram, Year 12 is the majority at 62%; Year 11 is next at 20%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by 17.6% of adults, a rate that is higher than most similar areas but far below the Victorian average of 29.2%.
17.6% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Gooram splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (35%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (32%), with Bachelor degree at 24%.
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are most common in education at 19.5%, followed by health and management and commerce, both at 13.4%.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller 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 Gooram [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21066/gooram/topic/education