37.8% ▼ -6.1%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.2%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 37.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Pakenham South · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Pakenham South
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 37.8% of Pakenham South residents have finished Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This reflects a trend of lower formal schooling and qualifications across the area compared to most other places in the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is much less common here than in most areas, sitting 24 points below the Victorian average. Roughly 21.8% of residents left school in Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Pakenham South, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 9 or below (24%) and Year 10 (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up only 9.6% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification held is a Certificate III or IV at 37.2%.
9.6% ▲ +16.3%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 9.6%
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 Pakenham South, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 24%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most frequent fields of study are management and commerce at 19.1%, followed by architecture and building at 13.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km of the area. This school is smaller than those in most similar areas, with an average size of 189 students.
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).
189
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
976
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Pakenham South
1 school — 189 students, average ICSEA 976.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Cardinia Primary School, Cardinia | Government | Primary | 6.1 km | 189 | 976 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Pakenham South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22028/pakenham-south/topic/education