42.5% ▲ +10.4%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.5%
- 2016: 40.6%
- 2021: 42.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Greta West · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Greta West
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher levels of university degrees than most similar areas mark Greta West as a qualified community. While the typical resident is well-educated, only 42.5% of people have completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 42.5% of residents finished Year 12, a result far below the national figure of 58.8% and the state's 61.8%. About 23.1% of the population stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Greta West, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (25%) and Year 11 (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 18.4% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this is still well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
18.4% ▲ +5.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 18.4%
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 Greta West, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Graduate diploma / certificate (12%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are Engineering and related roles at 15.2%, followed by Health at 13.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of the area, which is a common trait for 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Greta West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21110/greta-west/topic/education