32.7% ▲ +14.1%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Merbein South · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Merbein South
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 29 percentage points separates Merbein South from Victoria in Year 12 completion rates. Only 32.7% of residents finished high school, and just 6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. These figures are far below both state and national levels, marking this as an area with very low formal qualification rates.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 32.7% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. About a quarter of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10, while 17.6% finished Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Merbein South, the largest group is Year 12 at 35%, followed by Year 10 (28%) and Year 11 (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up only 6% of the population, a figure far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 45.7% of residents.
6.0% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 6.0%
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 Merbein South, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 59%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related subjects at 18.3%, followed by management and commerce at 17.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two schools within 3km, which is more than about 66% of similar areas. These schools are split evenly between government and Catholic providers, with a typical size of 399 students.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
399
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
956
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Merbein South
2 schools — 797 students, average ICSEA 956.
By sector: Catholic 1 · Government 1
By type: Primary 1 · Combined 1
| Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School, Merbein | Catholic | Primary | 7.5 km | 153 | 1,006 |
| Merbein P-10 College, Merbein | Government | Combined | 7.9 km | 644 | 944 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Merbein South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21654/merbein-south/topic/education