50.4% ▲ +15.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.7%
- 2016: 37.6%
- 2021: 50.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Sunset Strip · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Sunset Strip
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school or university in Sunset Strip than the national average. Just over half of residents completed Year 12, and only 13.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This creates a significant gap compared to the broader Victorian population.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Roughly 50.4% of people here finished Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the 61.8% figure for Victoria.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Sunset Strip, Year 12 is the majority at 55%; Year 10 is next at 22%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13.3% of the population, which is far below both the Victorian and national figures. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 37.4% of residents.
13.3% ▲ +73.1%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 13.3%
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 Sunset Strip, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (25%) and Bachelor degree (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related subjects being the most common at 14.8%, followed by Society and Culture at 13.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one independent school within 3km, which is much higher in advantage score than most areas and among the largest of its kind with 916 students on average.
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).
916
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,083
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Sunset Strip
1 school — 916 students, average ICSEA 1,083.
By sector: Independent 1
By type: Combined 1
| Newhaven College, Rhyll | Independent | Combined | 0.6 km | 916 | 1,083 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Sunset Strip [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22394/sunset-strip/topic/education