32.7% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Murchison North · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Murchison North
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Murchison North finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with only 32.7% completing Year 12. This gap is much larger than in most other areas. While some residents hold higher degrees, the overall education level sits well below state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 32.7% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the 61.8% seen across Victoria. For many others, the highest year completed was Year 11 (22.7%) or Year 10 (21.3%).
Highest year of school
View on map →In Murchison North, the largest group is Year 12 at 38%, followed by Year 11 (26%) and Year 10 (25%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 15.3% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 46.4% of residents.
15.3% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 15.3%
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 Murchison North, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 27%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualified residents are most often trained in engineering and related fields (22.6%), followed by management, commerce, society, and culture at 16.7% each.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km, though its average size of 69 students is much lower than most similar 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).
69
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
935
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Murchison North
1 school — 69 students, average ICSEA 935.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Murchison Primary School, Murchison | Government | Primary | 7.8 km | 69 | 935 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Murchison North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21834/murchison-north/topic/education