43.6% ▲ +19.3%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.5%
- 2016: 37.6%
- 2021: 43.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Indented Head · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Indented Head
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 43.6% of people in Indented Head have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. While university degrees are more common here than in many similar areas, overall schooling levels remain significantly lower than the state and national averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits far below the Victorian average of 61.8%. About 18.8% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Indented Head, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (21%) and Year 11 (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 18.8% of adults, which is higher than most similar areas but still well below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV at 29.8%.
18.8% ▲ +45.4%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 18.8%
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 Indented Head, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 36%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (25%) and Bachelor degree (24%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are engineering and management, each held by nearly 15% of qualified residents, followed by society and culture at 12%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km, which is more than about 59% of similar areas. This school is smaller and has a lower advantage score than most others.
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).
173
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
970
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Indented Head
1 school — 173 students, average ICSEA 970.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| St Leonards Primary School, St Leonards | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 173 | 970 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Indented Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21229/indented-head/topic/education