38.3% ▲ +17.7%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 38.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Orrvale · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Orrvale
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Orrvale have completed high school or university compared to the state average, though the area is well served by local schools. Only 38.3% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This creates a profile where vocational certificates are much more common than degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Victorian average of 61.8%, with only 38.3% of people finishing their final school year. About 18.4% of residents stopped at Year 10, while 16.8% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Orrvale, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (20%) and Year 11 (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 10.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%. Instead, Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 38.2% of the population.
10.7% ▲ +9.9%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 10.7%
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 Orrvale, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (19%) and Bachelor degree (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are most often in Engineering and related fields at 20.1%, followed by Management and commerce at 15.2% and Health at 11.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Orrvale has a high number of schools, with 12 located within 3 km and 17.54 schools per 1,000 children. These schools are typically much larger than those in most other areas, with a typical size of 536 students.
17.54
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
12
Higher than 82% 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).
536
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
945
Lower 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 Orrvale
12 schools — 6,428 students, average ICSEA 945.
By sector: Government 8 · Catholic 3 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 8 · Secondary 3 · Combined 1
| Orrvale Primary School, Orrvale | Government | Primary | 0.6 km | 384 | 991 |
| Shepparton East Primary School, Shepparton East | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 196 | 988 |
| St Mel's School, Shepparton | Catholic | Primary | 3.9 km | 156 | 999 |
| Wilmot Road Primary School Shepparton, Shepparton | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 232 | 833 |
| St Georges Road Primary School Shepparton, Shepparton | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 483 | 834 |
| Kialla Central Primary School, Kialla | Government | Primary | 4.8 km | 60 | 1,008 |
| Greater Shepparton Secondary College, Shepparton | Government | Secondary | 5.1 km | 1,967 | 887 |
| St Brendan's School, Shepparton | Catholic | Primary | 5.4 km | 347 | 1,017 |
| Notre Dame College, Shepparton | Catholic | Secondary | 5.4 km | 1,683 | 1,030 |
| Shepparton ACE Secondary College, Shepparton | Independent | Secondary | 5.5 km | 97 | 912 |
| Banmira Specialist School, Shepparton | Government | Combined | 5.6 km | 234 | 894 |
| Bourchier Street Primary School Shepparton, Shepparton | Government | Primary | 5.8 km | 589 | 951 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Orrvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22017/orrvale/topic/education