37.3% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 37.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Monomeith · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Monomeith
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Monomeith have completed high school or university compared to most other areas. Only 37.3% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. This gap is reflected in higher education levels, where only 10.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is far less common here than across Australia, with 37.3% finishing. About a quarter of residents topped out at Year 10, while 18.6% reached Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Monomeith, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (28%) and Year 11 (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The typical qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by half of adults. The 10.8% of residents with a university degree is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
10.8% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 10.8%
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 Monomeith, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (21%) and Bachelor degree (12%).
Field of study
What people studied.
People with qualifications here often studied architecture and building (18.8%), while health and management and commerce were each held by 15.6% of the group.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are four schools within 3 kilometres, which is more than 73% of similar areas. Most are government primary schools, and the average school size is 381 students.
4
Higher than 71% 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).
381
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
976
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Monomeith
4 schools — 1,524 students, average ICSEA 976.
By sector: Government 3 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3 · Secondary 1
| Koo Wee Rup Secondary College, Koo Wee Rup | Government | Secondary | 4.1 km | 846 | 964 |
| Koo Wee Rup Primary School, Koo Wee Rup | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 314 | 972 |
| Bayles Regional Primary School, Bayles | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 161 | 998 |
| St John the Baptist's School, Koo Wee Rup | Catholic | Primary | 4.9 km | 203 | 1,013 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Monomeith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21731/monomeith/topic/education