63.4% ▲ +34.3%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.2%
- 2016: 48.3%
- 2021: 63.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Skenes Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Skenes Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than a third of adults in Skenes Creek hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far above the national figure. Skenes Creek is a highly educated area where school completion is much higher than in most similar places. This strong academic background is seen in both the high rates of university degrees and Year 12 certificates.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 63.4% of residents completed Year 12, a figure that is well above the Australian average and much higher than most similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Skenes Creek, Year 12 is the majority at 71%; Year 11 is next at 11%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area has one of the highest rates of higher education, with 36.8% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the Victorian figure and far above the national average.
36.8% ▲ +68.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 36.8%
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 Skenes Creek, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 46%, followed by Certificate III / IV (20%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with health and management and commerce both being the most common at 11.7% each.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a common trait for about 59% of similar places.
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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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Skenes Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22286/skenes-creek/topic/education