33.4% ▲ +20.7%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 33.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Pyramid Hill · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Pyramid Hill
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Pyramid Hill have finished high school than in the rest of the state. Only 33.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is a gap of 28 points below the Victorian average. This trend of lower formal schooling is reflected in the local qualification levels.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 33.4% of people finished Year 12, a figure far below the Australian average of 58.8%. Other common highest school years reached include Year 10 at 22.3% and Year 11 at 16.5%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Pyramid Hill, the largest group is Year 12 at 38%, followed by Year 10 (25%) and Year 11 (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 12.9% of the population, which is far below the Victorian figure of 29.2%. The most common qualification held is a Certificate III or IV at 29.5%.
12.9% ▲ +54.8%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 12.9%
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 Pyramid Hill, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (14%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are agriculture and environment at 14.8%, followed by health at 10.2% and engineering at 9.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has 8.77 schools per 1,000 children, which is higher than most similar areas. All local schools are government-run combined institutions, with an average size of 104 students.
8.77
Higher than 73% 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).
104
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
982
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Pyramid Hill
1 school — 104 students, average ICSEA 982.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Pyramid Hill College, Pyramid Hill | Government | Combined | 2.5 km | 104 | 982 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Pyramid Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22130/pyramid-hill/topic/education