35.6% ▲ +26.6%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 35.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Majorca · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Majorca than in other similar areas. Only 35.6% of residents completed Year 12, which is a huge gap compared to the national figure. This trend carries through to higher education, where university degrees are very uncommon.
Highest year of school completed.
Only 35.6% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the 61.8% seen across Victoria. Roughly 15.6% of residents each stopped their schooling at Year 11, Year 10, or Year 9 and below.
35.6% ▲ +26.6%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Majorca, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 11 (19%) and Year 10 (19%).
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher degrees are rare in Majorca, with only 6.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Australian average of 26.3%, while the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV at 35.4%.
6.4% ▼ -33.2%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Majorca, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 18%.
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are Education at 13.5%, followed by Engineering, Management, and Society and Culture, which each sit at 9.4%.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, a count that is smaller 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 Majorca [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21582/majorca/topic/education