30.3% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
St Arnaud North · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in St Arnaud North
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 30.3% of residents in St Arnaud North finished Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This lack of higher schooling is a defining feature of the area, where no adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is much less common here than in most areas, with only 30.3% reaching this milestone. This is far below the Victorian rate of 61.8%, while over a fifth of residents left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →St Arnaud North splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (29%) and Year 10 (26%), with Year 11 at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is very rare in the area. With 0.0% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, the local figure is far below both the state and national averages.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 North, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Engineering & related at 24%, ahead of Health (18%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two schools within 3km, which is more than about 66% of similar areas. These schools are generally smaller than most, split evenly between government and Catholic sectors.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
135
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
989
Lower than 51% 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 North
2 schools — 270 students, average ICSEA 989.
By sector: Catholic 1 · Government 1
By type: Primary 1 · Secondary 1
| St Patrick's School, St Arnaud | Catholic | Primary | 7.4 km | 102 | 1,011 |
| St Arnaud Secondary College, St Arnaud | Government | Secondary | 7.6 km | 168 | 975 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in St Arnaud North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22336/st-arnaud-north/topic/education