52.7% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45.1%
- 2021: 52.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kerrie · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kerrie
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A high school advantage score of 1,087 marks Kerrie as far above most similar areas in terms of educational support. While many residents have gone on to earn degrees, the proportion of people who finished Year 12 is much lower than the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 52.7% of residents finished Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas, though this is well below the 61.8% seen across Victoria.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Kerrie, Year 12 is the majority at 57%; Year 11 is next at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by 23.9% of adults, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas but still a little below the Australian average of 26.3%.
23.9% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 23.9%
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 Kerrie, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 37%, followed by Certificate III / IV (29%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (23%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are management and commerce at 24.6%, followed by health at 15.8% and architecture and building at 14.0%.
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 with an average size of 76 students.
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.
1,087
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Kerrie
1 school — 76 students, average ICSEA 1,087.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Hesket Primary School, Hesket | Government | Primary | 6.2 km | 76 | 1,087 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kerrie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21333/kerrie/topic/education