33.0% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Iraak · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Iraak
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational attainment in Iraak has remained low over the last decade, with only 33% of people finishing Year 12. This is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. Most residents have a vocational qualification rather than a university degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 33% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. About 22.7% of the population left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Iraak, the largest group is Year 12 at 36%, followed by Year 9 or below (25%) and Year 11 (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 7.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the 29.2% seen across Victoria. Instead, 45.5% of those with a qualification hold a Certificate III or IV.
7.8% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 7.8%
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 Iraak, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 65%; Bachelor degree is next at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are Agriculture and Environment at 34.1%, followed by Management and Commerce at 18.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Iraak has one small government primary school. This school is much smaller than most others in similar areas, with an average size of just 37 students.
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).
37
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
941
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Iraak
1 school — 37 students, average ICSEA 941.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Nangiloc Colignan and District Primary School, Nangiloc | Government | Primary | 7.9 km | 37 | 941 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Iraak [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21239/iraak/topic/education