29.8% ▲ +21.4%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Heathmere · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Heathmere
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 29.8% of people in Heathmere have finished Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This indicates a local workforce with fewer formal school and university qualifications than most other Australian areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion rates for Year 12 are much lower than in most areas, sitting at 29.8%, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. About 21.5% of residents finished Year 10, while 11.5% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →Heathmere splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (33%) and Year 11 (31%), with Year 10 at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here, with only 5.9% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, with most qualified residents holding a Certificate III or IV.
5.9% ▲ +28.7%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 5.9%
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 Heathmere, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 28%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications that are held tend to be practical, with Engineering and related fields being the most common at 20.2%. Agriculture, environment, food and hospitality services each account for 11% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The local government primary school is much smaller than most, with an average size of 69 students. Despite its size, it has a school advantage score that is much higher than most 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).
69
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,038
Higher 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 Heathmere
1 school — 69 students, average ICSEA 1,038.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Narrawong District Primary School, Narrawong | Government | Primary | 9.3 km | 69 | 1,038 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Heathmere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21164/heathmere/topic/education