41.9% ▲ +18.1%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.5%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 41.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Raymond Island · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Raymond Island
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school on Raymond Island compared to the rest of the state. Only 41.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is a gap of nearly 20 points below the Victorian average. While a fair number of adults hold higher qualifications, overall schooling levels remain much lower than national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below both the state and national figures. About 41.9% of people finished their final year, while 21% stopped at Year 10 and 15.8% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Raymond Island, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (22%) and Year 9 or below (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 17.3% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is more than most similar areas but still well below the Australian average. Trade certificates are the most common qualification, held by 32.4% of residents.
17.3% ▲ +38.0%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 17.3%
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 Raymond Island, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 40%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (25%) and Bachelor degree (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with engineering and related subjects being the most common at 19%. Other frequent areas of study include management and commerce at 14.7%, and society and culture at 12.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is much smaller than most others. This school also has a much lower advantage score compared to 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).
89
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
934
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Raymond Island
1 school — 89 students, average ICSEA 934.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Paynesville Primary School, Paynesville | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 89 | 934 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Raymond Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22145/raymond-island/topic/education