45.5% ▲ +59.7%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 39.4%
- 2021: 45.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kergunyah · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kergunyah
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Similar levels of schooling and degrees are found in Kergunyah compared to other areas of its type. However, the community is far below the state and national figures for higher education, with only 12.9% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people here finished high school than in the wider state, with 45.5% of residents completing Year 12. This is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Kergunyah, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 10 (23%) and Year 11 (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Vocational training is common, as 42.5% of people hold a Certificate III or IV. Only 12.9% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national average of 26.3%.
12.9% ▲ +66.5%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 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 Kergunyah, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Kergunyah are most often in engineering and related fields at 27.6%, followed by society and culture at 14.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a more common situation than in about 59% of similar areas.
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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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kergunyah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21330/kergunyah/topic/education