47.8% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 59.1%
- 2021: 47.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Sheep Hills · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people have finished high school or university in Sheep Hills than in most similar areas. While nearly half of residents completed Year 12, the area has a much lower rate of higher education than the state and national figures.
Highest year of school completed.
About 47.8% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the Victorian rate of 61.8% and the national figure of 58.8%.
47.8% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Sheep Hills, Year 12 is the majority at 100%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in the area hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is far below the 29.2% seen across Victoria.
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).
In Sheep Hills, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Education at 36%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km, making this area smaller in school access than about 59% of similar places.
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 Sheep Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22270/sheep-hills/topic/education