38.3% ▲ +13.2%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 38.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Hazelwood · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Hazelwood
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Hazelwood than in most other areas, with only 38.3% completing Year 12. This is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. This pattern of lower formal schooling is mirrored in the number of residents with university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 38.3% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. The remaining group includes 24.1% who finished Year 10 and 21% who finished Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Hazelwood, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (27%) and Year 11 (23%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 10.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a result far below the 29.2% seen across Victoria. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 43.7% of residents.
10.2% ▲ +14.6%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 10.2%
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 Hazelwood, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 63%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common area of study for those with qualifications, accounting for 30.1% of the total. Health and management and commerce each make up 9.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are seven primary schools within 3km of the area, which is more than 79% of similar places. These schools are smaller than most, and the average school advantage score is much lower than in most areas.
7
Higher than 75% 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).
187
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
949
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Hazelwood
7 schools — 1,308 students, average ICSEA 949.
By sector: Government 5 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 7
| Churchill North Primary School, Churchill | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 118 | 908 |
| Churchill Primary School, Churchill | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 212 | 965 |
| Lumen Christi School, Churchill | Catholic | Primary | 4.5 km | 87 | 986 |
| Yinnar Primary School, Yinnar | Government | Primary | 5.6 km | 230 | 1,018 |
| Sacred Heart School, Morwell | Catholic | Primary | 5.9 km | 102 | 970 |
| Hazelwood North Primary School, Hazelwood North | Government | Primary | 6.5 km | 140 | 989 |
| Morwell Central Primary School, Morwell | Government | Primary | 6.9 km | 419 | 888 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Hazelwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21155/hazelwood/topic/education