29.3% ▲ +63.8%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Port Welshpool · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Port Welshpool
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Port Welshpool have finished high school than in most similar areas. Only 29.3% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. This trend is reflected in the local schooling, where the area's school advantage score is lower than most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure, with only 29.3% of residents finishing their final year. Many others stopped earlier, with 23.1% finishing Year 10 and 17.8% leaving at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Port Welshpool, the largest group is Year 12 at 37%, followed by Year 10 (29%) and Year 9 or below (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 16.2%, which is far below the Victorian average of 29.2%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 35.3% of residents.
16.2% ▲ +795.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 16.2%
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 Welshpool, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (18%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (14%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common qualifications here at 24.4%, followed by management and commerce at 9.2% and health at 8.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km, which is larger than about 59% of similar areas. The average school size is 32 students, which is much lower 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).
32
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
974
Lower than 60% 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 Welshpool
1 school — 32 students, average ICSEA 974.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Welshpool and District Primary School, Welshpool | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 32 | 974 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Port Welshpool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22108/port-welshpool/topic/education