35.5% ▲ +28.3%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 35.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kyabram · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kyabram
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Kyabram have finished high school compared to the rest of the country. Only 35.5% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below both the Victorian and national figures. This trend carries through to higher education, where only 10.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the state and national levels. Many residents finished their schooling earlier, with 21.3% leaving at Year 10 and 17.7% finishing at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Kyabram, the largest group is Year 12 at 39%, followed by Year 10 (23%) and Year 9 or below (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Typical qualifications in Kyabram are trade-based, with 39.5% of people holding a Certificate III or IV. This helps explain why the number of adults with a bachelor degree is much lower than in most other areas.
10.7% ▲ +21.5%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 10.7%
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 Kyabram, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
People with higher qualifications in the area most commonly studied engineering and related fields, at 16.8%. Other common fields include society and culture and management and commerce, both at 11.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are five schools within 3km, though the number of schools per 1,000 children is much lower than most areas. Most of these are government primary schools, and they have an average advantage score that is lower than in most other areas.
1.58
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
5
Higher than 73% 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).
332
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
969
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Kyabram
5 schools — 1,658 students, average ICSEA 969.
By sector: Government 4 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3 · Combined 2
| St Augustine's College, Kyabram | Catholic | Combined | 2.2 km | 691 | 1,012 |
| Kyabram P-12 College, Kyabram | Government | Combined | 2.4 km | 890 | 943 |
| Lancaster Primary School, Lancaster | Government | Primary | 9.2 km | 35 | 945 |
| Girgarre Primary School, Girgarre | Government | Primary | 9.5 km | 27 | 863 |
| Merrigum Primary School, Merrigum | Government | Primary | 10.0 km | 15 | 813 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kyabram [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21412/kyabram/topic/education