44.2% ▲ +28.9%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.3%
- 2016: 39.9%
- 2021: 44.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mailors Flat · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mailors Flat
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational attainment in Mailors Flat has remained steady, though levels are noticeably lower than the state average. Only 44.2% of residents finished Year 12, and just 9.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people here finished high school compared to the rest of the state, with 44.2% completing Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mailors Flat, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 11 (24%) and Year 10 (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is uncommon in the area; only 9.5% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, far below the national figure of 26.3%. Instead, Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 46.8%.
9.5% ▲ +14.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 9.5%
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 Mailors Flat, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 61%; Bachelor degree is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 18.2%, followed by Food, hospitality and personal services at 15.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by one government primary school which is smaller than most similar schools, though it has a school advantage score that is much higher than most areas.
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).
156
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,056
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mailors Flat
1 school — 156 students, average ICSEA 1,056.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Woodford Primary School, Woodford | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 156 | 1,056 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mailors Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21576/mailors-flat/topic/education