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Education & Qualifications in Quambatook

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

Much lower qualification levels than most similar areas define Quambatook, where only 6.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This gap is stark compared to the national figure of 26.3%.

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📍 Quambatook, Suburb / Locality

Where Quambatook sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

6.5% ▲ +17.1%

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Quambatook — lower than 84% of areas.

Quambatook6.5%
3540, VIC 7.7%
Victoria 29.2%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

School completion rates are among the lowest for similar areas, with only 24.5% of residents finishing Year 12. This is far below the Victorian rate of 61.8%.

Completed Year 12

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24.5% ▲ +5.9%

Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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Quambatook splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (28%) and Year 9 or below (26%), with Year 11 at 23%.

Year 12 24.5% Year 9 or below 22.6% Year 11 20.7% Year 10 20.7%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

Higher education is uncommon here, as a bachelor degree or higher is held by just 6.5% of adults. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 36.4% of the population.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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6.5% ▲ +17.1%

Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Highest qualification level

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In Quambatook, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Bachelor degree is next at 25%.

Certificate III / IV 36.4% Bachelor degree 15.9% Advanced diploma / diploma 12.5%

Field of study

What people studied.

People with qualifications in this area often studied Engineering and related fields (14.8%) or Society and Culture (12.5%).

Field of qualification

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Quambatook splits fairly evenly between Engineering & related (25%) and Society & culture (21%), with Food, hospitality & personal services at 17%.

Engineering & related 14.8% Society & culture 12.5% Food, hospitality & personal services 10.2% Health 8.0% Agriculture & environment 5.7% Management & commerce 5.7% Education 3.4%

Schools

Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).

There are no schools located within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number than about 59% of similar places.

Schools within 3 km

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Lower than 99% 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).

Schools in and around Quambatook — hover a marker for details. Open the full map →

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
  • Australian Schools List — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2025 (CC BY 4.0).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Quambatook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22131/quambatook/topic/education