39.6% ▲ +28.8%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 39.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Korumburra · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Korumburra
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Korumburra have finished high school compared to the rest of the state, with only 39.6% of residents completing Year 12. This reflects a local workforce where trade certificates are far more common than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Victorian figure, sitting at 39.6% and trailing the state by 22 points. About 19.9% of residents stopped at Year 10, while 15.8% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Korumburra, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 10 (21%) and Year 11 (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here, with 12.9% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure. Instead, Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification, held by 39% of people.
12.9% ▲ +43.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 12.9%
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 Korumburra, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (21%) and Bachelor degree (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are Engineering (15.9%) and Management and commerce (12.3%). Society and culture, health, and education also make up significant shares of the qualifications held locally.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are three schools within 3km, a higher number than in about 70% of similar areas. Two thirds of these schools are government run, and most are primary schools.
3.72
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
294
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
978
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Korumburra
3 schools — 881 students, average ICSEA 978.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| St Joseph's School, Korumburra | Catholic | Primary | 0.3 km | 101 | 1,002 |
| Korumburra Primary School, Korumburra | Government | Primary | 0.4 km | 343 | 973 |
| Korumburra Secondary College, Korumburra | Government | Secondary | 1.8 km | 437 | 976 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Korumburra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21399/korumburra/topic/education