43.9% ▲ +31.4%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.4%
- 2016: 35.6%
- 2021: 43.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Swan Hill · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Swan Hill
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III and IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Swan Hill, held by 35.4% of adults. The area has a much lower proportion of people finishing high school and earning degrees compared to the state and national figures. This reflects a workforce and community focused more on trade and vocational skills.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 43.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. This gap is also seen compared to the national average, which is 15 points higher.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Swan Hill, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (19%) and Year 11 (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 13.4%, which is far below the 29.2% seen across Victoria and the 26.3% national figure.
13.4% ▲ +34.0%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 13.4%
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 Swan Hill, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, led by management and commerce at 13.3% and engineering at 13.2%. Health, society and culture, and education also make up significant portions of study fields.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Swan Hill has eight schools within 3 km, which is more than 80% of similar areas. Most of these are government primary schools, with an average size of 347 students per school.
3.26
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
8
Higher than 77% 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).
347
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
977
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Swan Hill
8 schools — 2,779 students, average ICSEA 977.
By sector: Government 5 · Catholic 2 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 5 · Secondary 2 · Combined 1
| Swan Hill Specialist School, Swan Hill | Government | Combined | 2.4 km | 85 | 908 |
| Swan Hill Primary School, Swan Hill | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 516 | 942 |
| Swan Hill Christian School, Swan Hill | Independent | Primary | 2.7 km | 29 | 1,017 |
| St Mary MacKillop College, Swan Hill | Catholic | Secondary | 3.8 km | 540 | 1,023 |
| Swan Hill College, Swan Hill | Government | Secondary | 4.0 km | 747 | 944 |
| Swan Hill North Primary School, Swan Hill | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 184 | 926 |
| St Mary's School, Swan Hill | Catholic | Primary | 4.3 km | 603 | 1,036 |
| Woorinen District Primary School, Woorinen South | Government | Primary | 10.2 km | 75 | 931 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Swan Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22405/swan-hill/topic/education