32.3% ▲ +24.9%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 32.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Koorlong · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Koorlong
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Koorlong have completed high school or university compared to most other areas. Only 32.3% of people finished Year 12, and just 9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is much less common here than in most areas, sitting at 32.3%. This is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8% and the national figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Koorlong, the largest group is Year 12 at 36%, followed by Year 10 (29%) and Year 9 or below (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 9% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Instead, Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification, held by 41.6% of residents.
9.0% ▲ +37.7%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 9.0%
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 Koorlong, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Koorlong are spread across various fields, with management and commerce being the most common at 15.6%, followed by agriculture and environment at 11.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though the average school size of 59 is much lower than most areas. Every school in the area is a government primary school.
9.90
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
59
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
983
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Koorlong
1 school — 59 students, average ICSEA 983.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Koorlong Primary School, Koorlong | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 59 | 983 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Koorlong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21388/koorlong/topic/education