33.4% ▲ +17.8%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 33.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kalimna · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kalimna
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III and IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Kalimna, where only 33.4% of people finished Year 12. This is far below the national figure of 58.8%, marking the area as one with much lower formal schooling levels than most other places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 33.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian rate of 61.8%. About 22.8% of people left school after Year 10, and 14.6% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Kalimna, the largest group is Year 12 at 39%, followed by Year 10 (26%) and Year 11 (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up just 8.7% of the population, far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 33.9% of residents.
8.7% ▲ +34.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 8.7%
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 Kalimna, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (25%) and Bachelor degree (14%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across various fields, with Engineering and related subjects being the most common at 14.6%. Management and commerce follow at 11%, while Education and Society and culture both sit around 9.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are three schools within 3km, more than about 70% of similar areas, though they are typically smaller and have lower advantage scores than most. Two-thirds of these schools are government-run primary schools.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
201
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
950
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Kalimna
3 schools — 603 students, average ICSEA 950.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| Lakes Entrance Primary School, Lakes Entrance | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 190 | 917 |
| Lakes Entrance Secondary College, Lakes Entrance | Government | Secondary | 3.0 km | 167 | 889 |
| St Brendan's School, Lakes Entrance | Catholic | Primary | 4.2 km | 246 | 1,017 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kalimna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21282/kalimna/topic/education