51.6% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 46.4%
- 2021: 51.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
St Clair · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in St Clair
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people in St Clair have finished high school and earned degrees than in most similar areas. While these rates are higher than for nearby places, they still sit well below the national and state figures. Roughly half of residents have completed Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 51.6% of people finished Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the 61.8% seen across Victoria.
Highest year of school
View on map →In St Clair, Year 12 is the majority at 55%; Year 10 is next at 28%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 18.8% of the population. This is higher than most similar areas, though it remains well below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
18.8% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →St Clair splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (39%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (35%), with Bachelor degree at 26%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, Engineering and related fields are most common at 36%, followed by Health at 16%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has five schools within 3km, which is more than about 75% of similar places. Most of these are government primary schools, and they tend to be larger than the usual school in these areas.
5
Higher than 73% 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).
520
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
990
Higher than 50% 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 Clair
5 schools — 2,598 students, average ICSEA 990.
By sector: Government 4 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3 · Combined 1 · Secondary 1
| St Joseph's School, Wonthaggi | Catholic | Primary | 4.4 km | 315 | 1,031 |
| Wonthaggi North Primary School, Wonthaggi | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 151 | 942 |
| Bass Coast Specialist School, Wonthaggi | Government | Combined | 5.3 km | 74 | 922 |
| Bass Coast College, Wonthaggi | Government | Secondary | 5.3 km | 1,687 | 988 |
| Wonthaggi Primary School, Wonthaggi | Government | Primary | 5.9 km | 371 | 996 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in St Clair [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22337/st-clair/topic/education