31.9% ▲ +20.3%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
St Arnaud · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in St Arnaud
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in St Arnaud finished high school compared to the rest of the state. Only 31.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. This gap is reflected in the town's qualifications, with university degrees being much less common than in most Australian areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 31.9% of residents finished Year 12, a figure far below the 58.8% national average. Many others left school earlier, with 21.0% reaching Year 10 and 20.0% finishing Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In St Arnaud, the largest group is Year 12 at 36%, followed by Year 10 (24%) and Year 9 or below (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 9.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Victorian average of 29.2%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 36.1% of people.
9.2% ▲ +40.0%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In St Arnaud, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in St Arnaud are spread across several fields, led by Engineering at 12.7% and Health at 12.4%. Society and culture is another common area of study at 10.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The town has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas, with three schools within 3 km. These schools are typically small, averaging 127 students, and are split between government (66.7%) and Catholic (33.3%) sectors.
9.43
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
127
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
980
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving St Arnaud
3 schools — 380 students, average ICSEA 980.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| St Arnaud Primary School, St Arnaud | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 110 | 958 |
| St Patrick's School, St Arnaud | Catholic | Primary | 1.2 km | 102 | 1,011 |
| St Arnaud Secondary College, St Arnaud | Government | Secondary | 1.3 km | 168 | 975 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in St Arnaud [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22334/st-arnaud/topic/education