73.9% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Jeffcott · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A high proportion of residents in Jeffcott have finished their secondary schooling, though fewer hold university degrees. Nearly 74% of people completed Year 12, which is far above the national figure of 58.8%. This shows a strong trend of finishing high school despite the area having no schools within 3km.
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is very high here at 73.9%, which is far above both the Victorian figure of 61.8% and the Australian average.
73.9% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Jeffcott, Year 12 is the majority at 71%; Year 11 is next at 29%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common, with only 9.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the 29.2% seen across Victoria.
9.1% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Jeffcott, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 70%; Bachelor degree is next at 30%.
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Management & commerce at 27%, ahead of Agriculture & environment (20%).
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3km of the area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar places.
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Lower than 99% 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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Jeffcott [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21263/jeffcott/topic/education