44.0% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 52.2%
- 2021: 44.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount Bolton · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mount Bolton
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Not a single adult in Mount Bolton holds a bachelor's degree or higher, making it one of the least qualified areas for its type. This lack of higher education is reflected in school completion rates, where only 44% of residents finished Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people here finished high school than in most of the country. The 44% who completed Year 12 is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8% and the national rate of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mount Bolton, Year 12 is the majority at 79%; Year 10 is next at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
With 0% of adults holding a university degree, this area sits among the lowest for qualifications. This is far below both the Victorian (29.2%) and Australian (26.3%) averages.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Mount Bolton, Advanced diploma / diploma is the majority at 57%; Certificate III / IV is next at 43%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Health at 32%, ahead of Management & commerce (21%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by one government primary school within 3km. This school is much smaller than most, with an average size of 53 students and a school advantage score of 967, which is lower than most areas.
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).
53
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
967
Lower than 64% 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 Bolton
1 school — 53 students, average ICSEA 967.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Waubra Primary School, Waubra | Government | Primary | 5.2 km | 53 | 967 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mount Bolton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21775/mount-bolton/topic/education