52.0% ▲ +38.2%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.6%
- 2016: 39.7%
- 2021: 52.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount Beauty · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mount Beauty
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Mount Beauty, held by 28.9% of adults. This area has more people with university degrees than most similar places, though it still sits well below the national and state figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just over half of residents have completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this 52% rate is well below the 61.8% seen across Victoria.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mount Beauty, Year 12 is the majority at 57%; Year 11 is next at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 22.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. While this is higher than in many similar areas, it remains well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
22.7% ▲ +74.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 22.7%
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 Mount Beauty, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 36%, followed by Bachelor degree (29%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are Education at 13.9% and Society and Culture at 13.6%. Engineering and Management and Commerce both follow at 12.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are smaller than most, but the area has a very high number of schools per 1,000 children. All three schools within 3km are government-run, with two primary and one secondary school.
14.39
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
98
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,039
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mount Beauty
3 schools — 293 students, average ICSEA 1,039.
By sector: Government 3
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| Mount Beauty Primary School, Mount Beauty | Government | Primary | 4.8 km | 90 | 1,056 |
| Mount Beauty Secondary College, Mount Beauty | Government | Secondary | 5.1 km | 153 | 1,040 |
| Tawonga Primary School, Tawonga | Government | Primary | 9.6 km | 50 | 1,007 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mount Beauty [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21772/mount-beauty/topic/education