39.1% ▲ +27.2%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Maffra · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Maffra
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than 40% of people in Maffra have finished Year 12, a figure far below the Victorian and national averages. This gap in high school completion is mirrored in the higher education rates, where the proportion of adults with a university degree is also much lower than across the rest of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 39.1% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the 61.8% seen in Victoria. About 21% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Maffra, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (23%) and Year 11 (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 13.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common high-level qualification in the area is a Certificate III or IV, held by 42.8% of people.
13.5% ▲ +44.8%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 13.5%
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 Maffra, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields of study are engineering and related services at 17.5%, followed by health at 12.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Maffra has five schools within 3 kilometres, more than about 75% of similar areas. These schools are either government (60%) or Catholic (40%), and most are primary schools.
2.92
Lower than 58% 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).
229
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
973
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Maffra
5 schools — 1,145 students, average ICSEA 973.
By sector: Government 3 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 4 · Secondary 1
| Maffra Secondary College, Maffra | Government | Secondary | 1.3 km | 549 | 942 |
| Maffra Primary School, Maffra | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 230 | 979 |
| St Mary's School, Maffra | Catholic | Primary | 2.1 km | 176 | 1,026 |
| Bundalaguah Primary School, Bundalaguah | Government | Primary | 6.8 km | 26 | 941 |
| St Patrick's School, Stratford | Catholic | Primary | 7.1 km | 164 | 1,015 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Maffra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21571/maffra/topic/education