42.9% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Paradise · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Paradise
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Paradise have completed high school or university than the state average. Only 42.9% of people finished Year 12, which is a gap of 19 percentage points below Victoria. This creates a community where trade qualifications are much more common than degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 42.9% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the 61.8% seen across Victoria. About 21.4% of people left school at Year 11, and another 21.4% left at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Paradise, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 11 (21%) and Year 9 or below (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 14.3% of the population, far below the national figure of 26.3%. Most people here hold a Certificate III or IV, which accounts for 52.2% of qualifications.
14.3% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 14.3%
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 Paradise, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 24%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, Engineering and Agriculture and Environment are the most common fields, each representing 13% of the total.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is much smaller than most others with an average size of 12 students. This school has an advantage score of 971, which is lower than most 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).
12
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
971
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Paradise
1 school — 12 students, average ICSEA 971.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Navarre Primary School, Navarre | Government | Primary | 10.9 km | 12 | 971 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Paradise [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22033/paradise/topic/education