38.1% ▲ +28.5%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 38.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Swan Marsh · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Swan Marsh
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 24 percentage points separates Swan Marsh from the Victorian average for Year 12 completions. Only 38.1% of people here finished their final year of school, which is far below the state and national figures. This trend is mirrored in higher education, where university degrees are much less common than in the rest of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 38.1% of residents completed Year 12, a figure far below the Victorian average of 61.8%. About 25.7% of people finished Year 10, while 18.1% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Swan Marsh, the largest group is Year 12 at 38%, followed by Year 10 (26%) and Year 9 or below (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 12.8% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification here is a Certificate III or IV, held by 41.3% of people.
12.8% ▲ +78.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Swan Marsh, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with agriculture and the environment being the most common at 14.3%. Health and education follow at 12.7% and 11.1% respectively.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is smaller than about 59% of similar areas.
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Lower than 99% 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Swan Marsh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22408/swan-marsh/topic/education