38.8% ▲ +12.4%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 38.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Goornong · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Goornong
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 38.8% of residents in Goornong finished Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This low level of school completion is reflected in the qualifications of the adult population, where few hold university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Victorian rate of 61.8%, with about 21.4% of residents reaching Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Goornong, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (23%) and Year 11 (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13.6% of the population, which is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 41.2% of people.
13.6% ▲ +46.6%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 13.6%
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 Goornong, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related studies at 20.2%, followed by health and education, which both stand at 11.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Goornong has more schools per 1,000 children than most similar areas, though the average school size is much lower than usual at 46 students. There is one government primary school within 3km.
6.94
Higher than 67% 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).
46
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
995
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Goornong
1 school — 46 students, average ICSEA 995.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Goornong Primary School, Goornong | Government | Primary | 0.7 km | 46 | 995 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Goornong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21069/goornong/topic/education