47.7% ▲ +26.5%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.8%
- 2016: 49.5%
- 2021: 47.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
McKenzie Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in McKenzie Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in McKenzie Creek finished high school compared to the rest of the state, with only 47.7% completing Year 12. While some adults hold high-level degrees, the area generally sits well below Victorian and national averages for formal education.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 47.7% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. About 23.4% of people stopped after Year 11, and 15.3% finished Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In McKenzie Creek, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 11 is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is more common here than in most similar areas, though the 19.8% of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is still well below the national figure. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 36% of adults.
19.8% ▲ +44.2%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 19.8%
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 McKenzie Creek, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with health being the most common at 24%, followed by engineering at 20% and agriculture and environment at 16%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number of facilities 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in McKenzie Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21627/mckenzie-creek/topic/education