35.7% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kooroocheang · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels have shifted in Kooroocheang, where a small but significant 25.8% of adults now hold a bachelor degree or higher. While the area is sparsely populated, there is a notable gap between those who finished high school and those with university qualifications.
Highest year of school completed.
Only 35.7% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8% and much lower than most other areas.
35.7% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kooroocheang splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (43%) and Year 10 (43%), with Year 9 or below at 13%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 25.8% of adults, a rate that is much higher than most similar areas and about the same as the Australian figure.
25.8% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Kooroocheang, Graduate diploma / certificate is the majority at 63%; Bachelor degree is next at 38%.
What people studied.
Among those with degrees, the most common fields of study are Engineering and Society and Culture, each accounting for 18.2% of qualifications.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number of facilities 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 Kooroocheang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21390/kooroocheang/topic/education