42.5% ▲ +16.4%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.5%
- 2016: 38.9%
- 2021: 42.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Peechelba · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Peechelba
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Peechelba have remained relatively stable, though they sit well below state and national benchmarks. Only 42.5% of residents have finished Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. This pattern is mirrored in higher education, where university degrees are much less common than in the wider community.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Finishing Year 12 is less common here than in most of Australia, with 42.5% of residents completing it. This is far below the Victorian rate of 61.8%. About 18.5% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Peechelba, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (21%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher qualifications are uncommon in Peechelba, with only 12.8% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 40.2% of people.
12.8% ▲ +2.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 12.8%
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 Peechelba, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications in the area are spread across several fields. Health and Society and Culture are the most common at 15.2% each, followed by Engineering and Management and Commerce at 14.1% each.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number of facilities than about 59% of similar areas.
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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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Peechelba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22052/peechelba/topic/education