54.5% ▲ +39.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.0%
- 2016: 42.4%
- 2021: 54.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Guildford · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Guildford
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly 30% of adults in Guildford hold a bachelor degree or higher, making it a highly qualified area. While degree holders are common, the proportion of people who finished Year 12 is well below the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 54.5% of residents completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the 61.8% seen across Victoria.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Guildford, Year 12 is the majority at 61%; Year 10 is next at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 29.0% of the population, a figure much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian average of 26.3%.
29.0% ▲ +88.0%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Guildford splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (30%) and Certificate III / IV (29%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in Engineering and related fields at 18.6%, followed by Health and Management & commerce, both at 13.1%.
Schools
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 areas.
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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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Guildford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21116/guildford/topic/education