41.5% ▲ +47.5%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 39.1%
- 2021: 41.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Smythesdale · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Smythesdale
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Smythesdale have completed Year 12 compared to the rest of the country, with only 41.5% reaching this milestone. This gap reflects a broader trend in the area where school and university qualifications are much lower than the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 41.5% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the 61.8% seen in Victoria. Around 19% of the population stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Smythesdale, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (21%) and Year 11 (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 11.4% of the population, far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 46% of residents.
11.4% ▲ +6.3%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 11.4%
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 Smythesdale, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are Engineering and related fields at 18.8%, followed by Management and commerce at 14.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schooling is provided by one government primary school, which is around the middle for its level in terms of size and advantage score.
4.13
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
326
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
993
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Smythesdale
1 school — 326 students, average ICSEA 993.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Woady Yaloak Primary School, Smythesdale | Government | Primary | 0.8 km | 326 | 993 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Smythesdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22299/smythesdale/topic/education