61.5% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 61.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mepunga · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mepunga
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A lack of university degrees defines the educational landscape in Mepunga, where no adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. While this is far below national levels, the community is relatively well-schooled, with 61.5% of residents finishing Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 61.5% of people completed Year 12, which is much higher than most similar areas and slightly above the Australian figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mepunga, Year 12 is the majority at 57%; Year 11 is next at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area has among the lowest rates of higher education, with 0% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, far below the Victorian average of 29.2%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Mepunga, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Natural & physical sciences at 0%, ahead of Information technology (0%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of Mepunga, making it smaller for educational access than about 59% of similar areas.
0
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 Mepunga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21650/mepunga/topic/education