41.6% ▲ +21.8%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 37.6%
- 2021: 41.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Horsham · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Horsham
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Horsham sits around the middle of similar areas for education, though it has a much lower share of university degrees than the rest of the state. Only 14.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, and about 41.6% of residents finished Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 41.6%, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. Other residents' highest school years include Year 11 at 19.1% and Year 10 at 17.7%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Horsham, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 11 (21%) and Year 10 (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The typical highest qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 36.5% of people. This helps explain why the share of residents with a bachelor degree or higher is far below the national figure.
14.7% ▲ +33.6%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 14.7%
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 Horsham, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are management and commerce at 14.7%, followed by health at 13.7% and society and culture at 12.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are six schools within 3km, which is more than about 77% of similar areas. While the average school size of 459 is higher than most areas, there are fewer schools per 1,000 children than is typical.
2.17
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
6
Higher than 74% 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).
459
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
977
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Horsham
6 schools — 2,756 students, average ICSEA 977.
By sector: Government 4 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 3 · Secondary 2 · Combined 1
| St Michael and John's Primary School, Horsham | Catholic | Primary | 0.9 km | 311 | 1,043 |
| St Brigid's College, Horsham | Catholic | Secondary | 1.1 km | 227 | 1,007 |
| Horsham West and Haven Primary School, Horsham | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 603 | 986 |
| Horsham College, Horsham | Government | Secondary | 1.5 km | 1,010 | 965 |
| Horsham Special School, Horsham | Government | Combined | 1.5 km | 106 | 903 |
| Horsham Primary School, Horsham | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 499 | 953 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Horsham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21206/horsham/topic/education