39.7% ▲ +16.0%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.2%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 39.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Heath Hill · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Heath Hill
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Heath Hill have completed high school or university compared to other parts of the country. Only 39.7% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the state and national levels, with only 39.7% of residents finishing. About 23.3% of the population left school after Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Heath Hill, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (26%) and Year 11 (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
High-level qualifications are rare here, with only 5.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Victorian average of 29.2%, while over half of qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV.
5.1% ▼ -37.5%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 5.1%
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 Heath Hill, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 63%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 26%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications held by residents are in engineering and related fields at 29.9%, followed by management and commerce at 14.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schooling is limited to a single government primary school, which is much smaller than most other schools in similar areas.
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).
43
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
943
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Heath Hill
1 school — 43 students, average ICSEA 943.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Ripplebrook Primary School, Ripplebrook | Government | Primary | 6.0 km | 43 | 943 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Heath Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21159/heath-hill/topic/education