34.6% ▲ +28.0%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Red Cliffs · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Red Cliffs
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Red Cliffs than in most other areas, with only 34.6% completing Year 12. This means a large number of adults rely on trade certificates or earlier school years rather than university degrees for their qualifications.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 34.6% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. About 21% of the population left school after Year 10, and another 17.5% left at Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Red Cliffs, the largest group is Year 12 at 39%, followed by Year 10 (24%) and Year 9 or below (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up just 9.3% of the population, far below the national figure of 26.3%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 39.1% of people.
9.3% ▲ +38.1%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 9.3%
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 Red Cliffs, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related trades at 13%, followed by management and commerce at 12.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are seven schools within 3km, though they are smaller than most areas. About 71.4% of these schools are government-run primary institutions.
4.14
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
7
Higher than 75% 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).
183
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
963
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Red Cliffs
7 schools — 1,278 students, average ICSEA 963.
By sector: Government 5 · Catholic 1 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 5 · Secondary 1 · Combined 1
| Red Cliffs East Primary School, Red Cliffs | Government | Primary | 5.0 km | 126 | 944 |
| Red Cliffs Secondary College, Red Cliffs | Government | Secondary | 6.7 km | 348 | 906 |
| Red Cliffs Primary School, Red Cliffs | Government | Primary | 6.8 km | 138 | 958 |
| St Joseph's School, Red Cliffs | Catholic | Primary | 7.0 km | 87 | 985 |
| Irymple South Primary School, Irymple | Government | Primary | 11.0 km | 366 | 999 |
| Cardross Primary School, Cardross | Government | Primary | 11.2 km | 100 | 974 |
| Mildura Christian College, Irymple | Independent | Combined | 14.0 km | 113 | 1,018 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Red Cliffs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22147/red-cliffs/topic/education