43.0% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 43.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Katandra · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Katandra
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 43% of people in Katandra finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This gap in school completion is a key feature of the local workforce, which tends to hold lower formal qualifications than the state average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
While 43% of residents completed Year 12, about 21.5% stopped at Year 10. This level of school completion is far below Victoria's 61.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Katandra, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (24%) and Year 11 (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 12.9% of the population, which is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 37.5% of residents.
12.9% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 12.9%
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 Katandra, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (20%) and Bachelor degree (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering (20.3%) and Health (17.2%), followed by Society and Culture at 12.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is much smaller than most other schools. This school has an advantage score of 971, which is lower than most areas.
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).
76
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
971
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Katandra
1 school — 76 students, average ICSEA 971.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Katandra West Primary School, Katandra West | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 76 | 971 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Katandra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21308/katandra/topic/education