33.1% ▲ +33.1%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 33.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Picola · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Picola
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have completed high school in Picola compared to the rest of the state. Only 33.1% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. This trend carries through to higher education, where university degrees are much less common than in most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is far less common here than across Australia, with only 33.1% of residents doing so. About 22.1% of people stopped at Year 9 or below, and 21% finished Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Picola, the largest group is Year 12 at 36%, followed by Year 9 or below (24%) and Year 10 (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 9.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 42.7% of people.
9.6% ▲ +59.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 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 Picola, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 25%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most popular fields are agriculture and environment at 20.2%, followed by education at 15.7% and engineering at 14.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of the area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar places.
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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 Picola [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22066/picola/topic/education