67.0% ▲ +30.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.2%
- 2016: 57.0%
- 2021: 67.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
St Andrews Beach · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in St Andrews Beach
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
About 67% of residents in St Andrews Beach completed Year 12, which is a much higher rate than most other similar areas. This is a well-educated community where people are more likely to have finished high school and hold higher degrees than the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is strong here, with 67% finishing Year 12. This is well above the Victorian figure of 61.8% and 8.2 percentage points higher than the Australian average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In St Andrews Beach, Year 12 is the majority at 71%; Year 11 is next at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is common, as 29.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is a little above the national figure and about the same as the state average, though Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most frequent at 30.8%.
29.2% ▲ +52.8%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →St Andrews Beach splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (35%) and Bachelor degree (34%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Management and Commerce being the most common at 15.8%, followed by Architecture and Building at 13%.
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 smaller number of facilities than about 59% of similar areas.
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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 St Andrews Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22333/st-andrews-beach/topic/education