35.4% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.9%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Piedmont · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Piedmont
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 26 percentage points separates Piedmont from Victoria in Year 12 completion rates. Very few residents hold university degrees, and school completion is far below the national figure. This creates a profile where trade certificates and primary schooling are more common than higher education.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 35.4% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia. About 16.7% of residents left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Piedmont, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 9 or below (24%) and Year 10 (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up just 8.3% of the population, a figure far below the national average. Certificate III or IV qualifications are more common at 18.8%.
8.3% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 8.3%
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 Piedmont, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 60%; Bachelor degree is next at 40%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications held by residents are in management and commerce at 12.5%, followed by engineering and agriculture, both at 9.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is much smaller than typical schools with an average size of 15 students. However, its advantage score of 1,079 is much higher 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).
15
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,079
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Piedmont
1 school — 15 students, average ICSEA 1,079.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Neerim District Rural Primary School, Nayook | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 15 | 1,079 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Piedmont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22068/piedmont/topic/education