61.0% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.7%
- 2016: 48.4%
- 2021: 61.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Hotham Heights · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Hotham Heights
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A strong focus on finishing secondary school defines the local profile of Hotham Heights. Most residents have completed Year 12, though the area has a much lower rate of university degrees than the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 61% of people here finished Year 12, which is a little above the national figure and about the same as the Victorian average. This is much higher than most similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Hotham Heights, Year 12 is the majority at 82%; Year 11 is next at 11%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
While 22.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, this is well below both the state and national figures. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 33.7% of residents.
22.7% ▲ +105.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 22.7%
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 Hotham Heights, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (29%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (12%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Management and Commerce and Food, Hospitality and Personal Services both at 12% each. Society and Culture follows at 10.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government secondary school within 3 km, which is more than about 59% of similar 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).
Schools serving Hotham Heights
1 school.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Secondary 1
| School for Student Leadership, Dinner Plain | Government | Secondary | 7.3 km | — | — |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Hotham Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21207/hotham-heights/topic/education