45.3% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 45.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Myrrhee · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Myrrhee
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Myrrhee have remained steady since 2011, with 22% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. While university degrees are more common here than in most similar areas, the number of people who finished Year 12 is much lower than the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 45.3% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Victorian rate of 61.8%. About 20.4% of people stopped after Year 10, and 14.6% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Myrrhee, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 10 (23%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree is the most common top qualification at 29.2%, though this is well below the Australian average of 26.3%. Trade qualifications are also common, with 25% of adults holding a Certificate III or IV.
22.0% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 22.0%
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 Myrrhee, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 42%, followed by Certificate III / IV (36%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most frequent at 15.6%, followed by Society and culture at 12.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Myrrhee has a very high number of schools per child, though the local primary school is much smaller than most other schools. This single government primary school has a school advantage score that is much higher than most areas.
38.46
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
37
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,076
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Myrrhee
1 school — 37 students, average ICSEA 1,076.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Myrrhee Primary School, Myrrhee | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 37 | 1,076 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Myrrhee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21860/myrrhee/topic/education