38.1% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Reedy Dam · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of adults in Reedy Dam finished high school, making it an area with very low formal education levels. Only 38.1% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure.
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Victorian average, with only 38.1% of people finishing. The most common highest year of schooling reached here is Year 11, at 42.9%.
38.1% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Reedy Dam, Year 11 is the majority at 53%; Year 12 is next at 47%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in the area hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below both the state and national averages.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Reedy Dam splits fairly evenly between Advanced diploma / diploma (50%) and Certificate III / IV (50%).
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Education at 31%, ahead of Health (25%).
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km, which is a common situation as it is smaller than about 59% of similar areas.
0
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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Reedy Dam [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22156/reedy-dam/topic/education