38.5% ▲ +13.6%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 38.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mepunga East · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mepunga East
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Mepunga East have completed high school or university than in most similar areas. Only 38.5% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. This trend of lower formal schooling is mirrored in higher education, where university degrees are much less common than across the rest of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure, with only 38.5% of residents reaching this milestone. About 23.1% of the population finished Year 11, while 17.3% finished Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mepunga East, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 11 (27%) and Year 10 (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 11.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the 29.2% seen in Victoria. Instead, the most common qualifications are advanced diplomas or diplomas at 28.6% and Certificate III or IVs at 25%.
11.5% ▲ +83.3%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Mepunga East splits fairly evenly between Advanced diploma / diploma (38%) and Certificate III / IV (33%), with Bachelor degree at 29%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are largely practical, with 25% of people studying agriculture and the environment, and another 14.3% focusing on architecture and building.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km, though its average size of 59 students is much lower than in most similar areas.
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).
59
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
954
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mepunga East
1 school — 59 students, average ICSEA 954.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Nullawarre and District Primary School, Nullawarre | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 59 | 954 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mepunga East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21651/mepunga-east/topic/education