37.4% ▼ -6.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.0%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 37.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Hexham · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Hexham
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly 46% of qualified adults in Hexham hold a Certificate III or IV, making it the most common qualification in the area. This reflects a local workforce focused on practical skills, though overall educational attainment is much lower than the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 37.4% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Victorian rate of 61.8%. About a quarter of the population left school at Year 10 or Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Hexham, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 10 (28%) and Year 11 (27%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by 12.8% of adults, far below the national figure of 26.3%. This is around the middle for similar areas, but still significantly lower than across Victoria.
12.8% ▼ -1.4%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 12.8%
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 Hexham, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are agriculture and environment at 23.5%, followed by health at 10.3%. Management, commerce and creative arts each account for 8.8% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number of facilities than about 59% of similar areas.
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Lower than 99% 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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Hexham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21178/hexham/topic/education