48.3% ▼ -6.0%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.4%
- 2016: 45.4%
- 2021: 48.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kinglake Central · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kinglake Central
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Kinglake Central have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the state. Only 48.3% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. This trend extends to higher education, where the proportion of adults with a university degree is also much lower than the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 48.3%, which is far below both Victoria and Australia. Other common highest school years include Year 10 at 17.1% and Year 11 at 14.4%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Kinglake Central, Year 12 is the majority at 54%; Year 10 is next at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 16.0% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the Victorian average of 29.2%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 35.2% of residents.
16.0% → 0.0%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 16.0%
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 Kinglake Central, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 42%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (24%) and Bachelor degree (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most frequent fields of study are Engineering and related subjects at 14.3%, followed by Society and Culture at 12.4% and Education at 10.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are much smaller than most, with an average size of 76 students, though the area has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than similar places. All schools in the area are government primary schools.
15.87
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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.
1,017
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Kinglake Central
2 schools — 151 students, average ICSEA 1,017.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Middle Kinglake Primary School, Kinglake Central | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 81 | 1,025 |
| Kinglake Primary School, Kinglake | Government | Primary | 6.7 km | 70 | 1,007 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kinglake Central [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21359/kinglake-central/topic/education