50.2% ▲ +19.6%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.0%
- 2016: 44.7%
- 2021: 50.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mallacoota · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mallacoota
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A small number of local schools serve the people of Mallacoota, where higher education is more common than in most similar areas. While 22.5% of adults hold a university degree, the area's overall school completion rates are well below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About half of residents (50.2%) finished Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the 61.8% seen across Victoria.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mallacoota, Year 12 is the majority at 55%; Year 10 is next at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are more common here than in similar places, with 22.5% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. However, this is still well below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
22.5% ▲ +40.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 22.5%
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 Mallacoota, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 37%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are education at 13.3% and society and culture at 12.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Mallacoota has a high number of schools per child, though they are smaller than most. The area is served by a single government-run combined school.
7.35
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
126
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,019
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mallacoota
1 school — 126 students, average ICSEA 1,019.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Mallacoota P-12 College, Mallacoota | Government | Combined | 7.5 km | 126 | 1,019 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mallacoota [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21584/mallacoota/topic/education