41.4% ▲ +16.2%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.6%
- 2016: 40.2%
- 2021: 41.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Hawkesdale · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Hawkesdale
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Forty per cent of qualified adults in Hawkesdale hold a Certificate III or IV, the most common qualification in the area. The community has far fewer university degrees and Year 12 completions compared to both Victoria and Australia. This reflects a workforce with a strong focus on practical and trade-based skills.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 41.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8% and the Victorian rate of 61.8%. Around 22.1% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Hawkesdale, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (24%) and Year 11 (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
People with a bachelor degree or higher make up 14.8% of adults, which is far below the 29.2% seen across Victoria. While university degrees are less common, 23.8% of the community holds a bachelor degree as their highest qualification.
14.8% ▲ +47.9%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 14.8%
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 Hawkesdale, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Hawkesdale are spread across several fields, with Agriculture and Environment and Education both tied as the most common at 15.4%. Health is the next most frequent field at 10%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has 21.28 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most areas, though the typical school size is smaller. The only school in the area is a government-run combined school.
21.28
Higher than 89% 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).
174
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
947
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Hawkesdale
1 school — 174 students, average ICSEA 947.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Hawkesdale P12 College, Hawkesdale | Government | Combined | 5.2 km | 174 | 947 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Hawkesdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21150/hawkesdale/topic/education