55.4% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 50.3%
- 2021: 55.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Killarney · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Killarney
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 6.4 percentage points separates Killarney from the Victorian average in Year 12 completion rates. While more residents here have finished high school than in most similar areas, the community still falls well below state and national figures. This trend continues into higher education, where nearly one in four adults holds a university degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 55.4% of residents finished Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this is well below the 61.8% seen across Victoria and the 58.8% national average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Killarney, Year 12 is the majority at 58%; Year 11 is next at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 23.5% of adults, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas. Despite this, it remains a little below the Australian average of 26.3%.
23.5% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Killarney splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (27%), with Certificate III / IV at 26%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are health at 19.6%, followed by society and culture at 12.1% and management and commerce at 10.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 kilometres of the area, which is smaller than 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 Killarney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21348/killarney/topic/education