50.0% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Panitya · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people in Panitya have high-level qualifications than in most similar areas, though figures remain well below the national average. Half of the population finished Year 12, and nearly one in five adults holds a university degree.
Highest year of school completed.
About 50% of residents completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the 61.8% seen across Victoria.
50.0% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Panitya, Year 12 is the majority at 55%; Year 11 is next at 21%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 19% of the population. While this is higher than in most similar areas, it is well below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
19.0% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Panitya, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 38%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (29%) and Postgraduate degree (21%).
What people studied.
Qualifications are most common in Agriculture and Environment at 26.9%, followed by Health at 23.1% and Management and Commerce at 19.2%.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km, which is a smaller number than about 59% of similar areas.
0
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 Panitya [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22030/panitya/topic/education