45.5% ▲ +18.8%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.3%
- 2016: 43.0%
- 2021: 45.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Rhyll · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Rhyll
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher qualification rates than most similar areas mark Rhyll as an educated community. While only 45.5% of residents finished Year 12, over 22% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people in Rhyll finished Year 12 compared to the rest of the state and country, with 45.5% completing the year, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Rhyll, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 11 is next at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 22.2% of adults, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but still well below the national average of 26.3%.
22.2% ▲ +50.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 22.2%
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 Rhyll, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 36%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications held by residents are in engineering and related fields at 16.1%, followed by management and commerce at 15.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is well-served by three schools within 3km, which is more than 70% of similar places. These schools are much more advantaged than most, with an average size of 516 students.
12.99
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
516
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,055
Higher 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 Rhyll
3 schools — 1,549 students, average ICSEA 1,055.
By sector: Independent 1 · Catholic 1 · Government 1
By type: Primary 2 · Combined 1
| Newhaven College, Rhyll | Independent | Combined | 1.8 km | 916 | 1,083 |
| Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Cowes | Catholic | Primary | 3.6 km | 110 | 995 |
| Cowes Primary School, Cowes | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 523 | 1,019 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Rhyll [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22164/rhyll/topic/education