56.0% ▲ +22.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.7%
- 2016: 47.0%
- 2021: 56.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Indigo Valley · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Indigo Valley
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 7 percentage points separates Indigo Valley from the Victorian average for university degrees, though the area still sees more highly qualified adults than most similar places. While 56% of residents finished Year 12, this is well below the state and national figures. It is a community where a fair number of people hold advanced qualifications despite lower overall school completion rates.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 56% of people completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. Other common highest school levels include Year 10 at 18.3% and Year 11 at 10.1%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Indigo Valley, Year 12 is the majority at 60%; Year 10 is next at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by 22.2% of adults, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but well below the national average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 30.9% of residents.
22.2% ▼ -1.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 22.2%
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 Indigo Valley, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 37%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are Engineering and related subjects at 16%, followed by Management and commerce at 14.9% and Health at 13.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most similar places, though these schools are much smaller on average. All schools here are government primary schools.
15.63
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
38
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
996
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Indigo Valley
2 schools — 76 students, average ICSEA 996.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Middle Indigo Primary School, Indigo Valley | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 16 | 1,014 |
| Barnawartha Primary School, Barnawartha | Government | Primary | 11.4 km | 60 | 991 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Indigo Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21230/indigo-valley/topic/education