41.9% ▲ +20.5%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 36.8%
- 2021: 41.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Katandra West · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Katandra West
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Few residents in Katandra West hold high-level degrees compared to most other areas. Only 11.7% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure. This trend is mirrored in school completion, with far fewer people finishing Year 12 than the state average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 41.9% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the 61.8% seen across Victoria. Around 20.2% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Katandra West, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (22%) and Year 11 (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Vocational training is common, with 38.9% of qualified adults holding a Certificate III or IV. This helps explain why the proportion of people with a bachelor degree is far below the Australian average.
11.7% ▲ +11.5%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 11.7%
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 Katandra West, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are Engineering and related subjects at 15.8%, followed by Management and commerce at 14.3% and Society and culture at 13.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school in the area. While the average school size of 76 students is much lower than most areas, there are 9.71 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than similar places.
9.71
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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 West
1 school — 76 students, average ICSEA 971.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Katandra West Primary School, Katandra West | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 76 | 971 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Katandra West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21309/katandra-west/topic/education