53.8% ▲ +28.7%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.8%
- 2016: 45.5%
- 2021: 53.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Port Fairy · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Port Fairy
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Over a quarter of adults in Port Fairy hold a bachelor's degree or higher, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas. While the town has a highly qualified adult population, the proportion of people who finished Year 12 is well below the Victorian average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 53.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the 61.8% seen across Victoria.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Port Fairy, Year 12 is the majority at 59%; Year 11 is next at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The typical qualification level is a bachelor's degree for 26.7% of adults. This rate is about the same as the national figure and much higher than in most similar areas.
26.2% ▲ +37.9%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 26.2%
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 Fairy, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 33%, followed by Certificate III / IV (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are Health at 14.1% and Education at 12.1%, followed closely by Management and Commerce at 11.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local primary schools are much more advantaged than those in most similar areas, though they are typically smaller with an average of 166 students.
3.10
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
166
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,063
Higher than 82% 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 Fairy
2 schools — 332 students, average ICSEA 1,063.
By sector: Government 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2
| Port Fairy Consolidated School, Port Fairy | Government | Primary | 7.4 km | 152 | 1,055 |
| St Patrick's School, Port Fairy | Catholic | Primary | 7.5 km | 180 | 1,070 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Port Fairy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22105/port-fairy/topic/education