33.3% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Hiamdale · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 33.3% of people in Hiamdale completed Year 12, a figure that is far below the national average. This low level of school completion is reflected in the local qualification rates, which are also much lower than in most other areas.
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Victoria figure of 61.8%, with 33.3% of residents finishing their final year. Another third of the population finished Year 10, while 21.2% reached Year 11.
33.3% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Hiamdale splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (38%) and Year 10 (38%), with Year 11 at 24%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The number of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is just 9.7%, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
9.7% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Hiamdale, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 70%; Postgraduate degree is next at 30%.
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Agriculture & environment at 60%, ahead of Society & culture (50%).
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of Hiamdale, a situation more common than in 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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Hiamdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21182/hiamdale/topic/education