55.6% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 55.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Scotsburn · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Scotsburn
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Well below the state average for Year 12 completions, Scotsburn sees only 55.6% of people finishing school. Despite this, the area has a strong pocket of higher education, with over a quarter of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
While 55.6% of residents completed Year 12, this is well below the Victorian figure of 61.8% and the national average. Roughly 11% of the population finished school at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Scotsburn, Year 12 is the majority at 59%; Year 10 is next at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 25.3% of adults, which is much higher than most similar areas. This is slightly lower than the Australian figure of 26.3%, with 22.4% of people holding a Certificate III or IV.
25.3% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Scotsburn splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (28%) and Bachelor degree (27%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Engineering and Education both representing 12.9% of the total. Health and Society and Culture each make up 10.3% of degrees.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The local primary school is larger than most in similar areas, with an average size of 567 students. This single government school also has a school advantage score of 1,044, which is much higher than 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).
567
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,044
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Scotsburn
1 school — 567 students, average ICSEA 1,044.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Buninyong Primary School, Buninyong | Government | Primary | 5.0 km | 567 | 1,044 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Scotsburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22244/scotsburn/topic/education