37.0% ▲ +30.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 36.9%
- 2021: 37.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Iona · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Iona
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 37% of people in Iona have finished Year 12, which is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia. This reflects a local trend where many residents leave school earlier than the national average. Higher education is also less common here compared to most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the state and national figures, with only 37% of residents finishing their final year. About 25.5% of people in Iona stopped their schooling after Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Iona, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 10 (28%) and Year 11 (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 10% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the 29.2% seen across Victoria. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 33.3% of the population.
10.0% ▲ +36.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 10.0%
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 Iona, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering at 18.8%, followed by management and commerce at 12.8% and health at 11.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km of the area. This school is smaller than those in most similar areas and has an advantage score around the middle for its level.
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).
176
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
994
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Iona
1 school — 176 students, average ICSEA 994.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Bunyip Primary School, Bunyip | Government | Primary | 6.5 km | 176 | 994 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Iona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21238/iona/topic/education