66.7% ▲ +24.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.4%
- 2016: 59.0%
- 2021: 66.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mandurang · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mandurang
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher education levels than most similar areas define Mandurang, where 36.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This high level of qualification is reflected in the school results, with more people finishing Year 12 than in the typical Australian town.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
A strong 66.7% of residents completed Year 12, which is well above the national figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mandurang, Year 12 is the majority at 71%; Year 10 is next at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 36.6% of the population, a figure far above the 26.3% seen across Australia. This includes 31.3% with a bachelor degree and 10% with a postgraduate degree.
36.6% ▲ +25.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 36.6%
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 Mandurang, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 35%, followed by Certificate III / IV (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in health (16.3%), education (15.1%), and engineering and related fields (13.9%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are five schools within 3km, which is more than 75% of similar areas. These schools are larger than most in their category, with an average size of 540 students.
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).
540
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,062
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mandurang
5 schools — 2,699 students, average ICSEA 1,062.
By sector: Government 3 · Independent 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 4 · Combined 1
| Spring Gully Primary School, Bendigo | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 426 | 1,056 |
| Big Hill Primary School, Big Hill | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 221 | 980 |
| Victory Christian College, Strathdale | Independent | Combined | 5.5 km | 900 | 1,077 |
| Strathfieldsaye Primary School, Strathfieldsaye | Government | Primary | 6.1 km | 538 | 1,038 |
| St Francis of the Fields School, Strathfieldsaye | Catholic | Primary | 6.8 km | 614 | 1,093 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mandurang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21590/mandurang/topic/education