40.6% ▲ +11.2%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.5%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 40.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mirboo · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mirboo
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Mirboo have finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with only 40.6% completing Year 12. This creates a significant gap in educational attainment for the area when compared to both the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 40.6% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian rate of 61.8% and the national figure of 58.8%. This is lower than most similar areas, with 14.3% of people finishing at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mirboo, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (20%) and Year 11 (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 15.4% of the population, which is far below the 29.2% seen across Victoria. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 31.8% of residents.
15.4% ▲ +19.2%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 15.4%
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 Mirboo, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 41%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications in Mirboo are most often trained in Engineering and related fields (20.6%), followed by Society and Culture (10.6%) and Health (10.0%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of the area, making it smaller 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mirboo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21702/mirboo/topic/education