47.8% ▲ +11.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.0%
- 2016: 42.6%
- 2021: 47.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Quantong · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Quantong
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Quantong, held by 43.3% of adults. This is an area where fewer people have finished high school or earned a university degree compared to the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of the community, 47.8%, have completed Year 12. This is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8% and the Australian average of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Quantong, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 11 (24%) and Year 10 (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 15% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the 29.2% seen across Victoria. This lower level of university attainment is consistent with the area's lower rate of high school completion.
15.0% ▼ -22.9%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 15.0%
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 Quantong, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with higher qualifications, the most common fields are engineering at 21.3% and health at 15.2%, followed by management and commerce at 12.8%.
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 common trait shared with about 59% of similar places.
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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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Quantong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22133/quantong/topic/education