50.4% ▲ +52.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 50.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Peterborough · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Peterborough
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
About 21% of adults in Peterborough hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is more common than in most similar areas. While this is higher than many nearby places, it remains well below the national and state figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About half of residents (50.4%) completed Year 12, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but far below the Victorian average of 61.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Peterborough, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 11 is next at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 20.8% of adults, which is well below the Australian figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 33.3% of the population.
20.8% ▲ +175.0%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 20.8%
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 Peterborough, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 40%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (22%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Engineering at 15.8% being the most common, followed by Education at 13.5% and Health at 11.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar areas in this regard.
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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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Peterborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22062/peterborough/topic/education