31.7% ▲ +17.9%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Port Albert · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Port Albert
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 31.7% of residents in Port Albert finished Year 12, a figure that is far below both the state and national averages. This low level of school completion is reflected in the qualification rates, where the proportion of adults with a university degree is also much lower than in most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Far fewer people here finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with only 31.7% completing Year 12. This is 27 points lower than the Australian average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Port Albert, the largest group is Year 12 at 36%, followed by Year 10 (25%) and Year 9 or below (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 10.5% of the population, which is far below the Victorian figure of 29.2%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 36.7% of residents.
10.5% ▼ -2.5%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 10.5%
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 Port Albert, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering at 17.2% and Architecture and building at 10.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km of the area. This school is smaller than most others and has a lower advantage score than typical schools in similar 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).
100
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
972
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Port Albert
1 school — 100 students, average ICSEA 972.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Alberton Primary School, Alberton | Government | Primary | 7.1 km | 100 | 972 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Port Albert [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22103/port-albert/topic/education