51.5% ▲ +25.0%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.2%
- 2016: 44.5%
- 2021: 51.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Inverloch · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Inverloch
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
About 26% of adults in Inverloch hold a bachelor degree or higher, matching the national figure. While high-level qualifications are common here compared to similar areas, far fewer people have finished Year 12 than in the rest of Victoria.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just over half of residents completed Year 12, which is higher than in most similar areas. However, this is well below the Australian average and far below the Victorian rate of 61.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Inverloch, Year 12 is the majority at 55%; Year 10 is next at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 26.1% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas and about the same as the national average.
26.1% ▲ +58.0%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Inverloch splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (32%) and Bachelor degree (31%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are most common in Education at 15.7%, followed by Engineering, Management and commerce at 13.8% each, and Health at 13.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local primary schools have an average advantage score of 1,049, which is much higher than most areas. There are two schools within 3km, though the number of schools per 1,000 children is among the lowest at this level.
0.98
Lower than 93% 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).
388
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,049
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Inverloch
2 schools — 776 students, average ICSEA 1,049.
By sector: Government 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2
| Inverloch Primary School, Inverloch | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 461 | 1,061 |
| St Joseph's School, Wonthaggi | Catholic | Primary | 11.6 km | 315 | 1,031 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Inverloch [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21235/inverloch/topic/education