44.4% ▲ +43.0%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 38.3%
- 2021: 44.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mitta Mitta · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mitta Mitta
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Mitta Mitta have finished high school or university compared to the rest of Victoria. Only 44.4% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the state figure of 61.8%. This gap extends to higher education, with university degrees being much less common here than across Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people here finished secondary school, with 44.4% completing Year 12, a figure far below the national average. Another 16.9% stopped after Year 11, while 13.4% finished Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mitta Mitta, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 11 is next at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 16.0% of the population, which is far below the 29.2% seen in Victoria. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 24.4% of residents.
16.0% ▲ +231.9%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 16.0%
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 Mitta Mitta, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 39%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications in Mitta Mitta most often studied Engineering and related fields (14.0%) or Health (12.8%). Management and commerce accounts for 10.5% of degrees.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools per child, though they are among the smallest in the region with a typical size of just 9 students. The only school serving the area is a government primary school.
32.26
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
9
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
972
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mitta Mitta
1 school — 9 students, average ICSEA 972.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Mitta Mitta Primary School, Mitta Mitta | Government | Primary | 8.6 km | 9 | 972 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mitta Mitta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21711/mitta-mitta/topic/education