42.4% ▲ +21.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 42.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Pyalong · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Pyalong
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 9.9% of adults in Pyalong hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure. This reflects a community where a smaller proportion of people have completed senior secondary school and university compared to the rest of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 42.4% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% national average. This is around the middle for similar areas, though it remains 19 points lower than the Victorian average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Pyalong, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (22%) and Year 11 (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Certificates III and IV are the most common qualifications here, held by 43.4% of people. This helps explain why the proportion of residents with a university degree is far below the state figure of 29.2%.
9.9% ▲ +6.9%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 9.9%
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 Pyalong, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, 16.2% studied engineering and related fields. Other common areas of study include architecture and building and management and commerce, both at 11.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Pyalong has more schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though the typical school is much smaller than usual. The area's only school is a government primary school.
6.37
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
82
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
989
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Pyalong
1 school — 82 students, average ICSEA 989.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Pyalong Primary School, Pyalong | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 82 | 989 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Pyalong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22129/pyalong/topic/education