35.2% ▲ +26.6%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 35.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount Camel · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 35.2% of residents in Mount Camel have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This gap is a defining feature of the area's education profile, with very few people holding high-level degrees compared to the rest of the state.
Highest year of school completed.
Only 35.2% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the 61.8% seen in Victoria. About 20.5% of residents stopped at Year 10, while 16.4% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
35.2% ▲ +26.6%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Mount Camel, the largest group is Year 12 at 39%, followed by Year 10 (23%) and Year 11 (20%).
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 14.9% of the population, which is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 33.3% of residents.
14.9% ▲ +57.8%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Mount Camel, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (29%) and Bachelor degree (13%).
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related subjects at 14.8%, followed by Society and Culture at 11.1%.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar locations.
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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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mount Camel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21781/mount-camel/topic/education