37.5% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 46.2%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kevington · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Kevington finished high school compared to the national average, but a fair few hold university degrees. While only 37.5% of residents completed Year 12, 22.5% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher.
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%, with about 37.5% of the community finishing high school. Many residents left earlier, with 27.5% reaching Year 11 and 12.5% reaching Year 10.
37.5% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Kevington, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 11 (32%) and Year 10 (15%).
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 22.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this is still well below the national figure of 26.3%.
22.5% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Kevington, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 40%, followed by Postgraduate degree (33%) and Bachelor degree (27%).
What people studied.
Degrees in this area are most common in Education (34.6%) and Engineering (26.9%), followed by Architecture and Management at 15.4% each.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar places.
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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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kevington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21335/kevington/topic/education