14.3% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Hilgay · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Hilgay
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Hilgay have finished high school or university than in most other areas. Only 14.3% of people have completed Year 12, which is far below the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is far less common here than across Victoria, where 61.8% of people finished school. Just 14.3% of Hilgay residents reached this level.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Hilgay, Year 12 is the majority at 100%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is rare in the area, with no adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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 Hilgay, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Agriculture & environment at 21%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Two primary schools operate within 3 km of the area, split evenly between government and Catholic sectors. These schools are much smaller than most, with a typical size of 33 students.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
33
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
989
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Hilgay
2 schools — 66 students, average ICSEA 989.
By sector: Government 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2
| Coleraine Primary School, Coleraine | Government | Primary | 5.4 km | 32 | 975 |
| St Joseph's School, Coleraine | Catholic | Primary | 6.2 km | 34 | 1,003 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Hilgay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21188/hilgay/topic/education