47.7% ▲ +20.2%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.7%
- 2016: 42.0%
- 2021: 47.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Harcourt · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Harcourt
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Harcourt have finished Year 12 compared to the rest of the state, though a high number of adults hold university degrees. This creates a distinct divide in the local education profile, where 24.2% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 47.7% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. About 18.5% of the population reached Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Harcourt, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 10 is next at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The typical qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 27.9% of adults. While the 24.2% of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is much higher than in similar areas, it remains a little below the national figure.
24.2% ▲ +60.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 24.2%
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 Harcourt, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 33%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Harcourt are spread across various fields, led by society and culture at 14.4% and health at 13.7%. Engineering and related studies follow at 11.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are much smaller than most areas, with an average size of 73 students. The area has more schools per 1,000 children than most similar places, though the only school here is a government primary.
5.43
Higher than 60% 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).
73
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,015
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Harcourt
1 school — 73 students, average ICSEA 1,015.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Harcourt Valley Primary School, Harcourt | Government | Primary | 0.8 km | 73 | 1,015 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Harcourt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21137/harcourt/topic/education