0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
The Heart · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in The Heart
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Not a single adult in The Heart holds a bachelor degree or higher, leaving the area far below both the Victorian and national figures. This stark gap defines the educational profile of the region, where university qualifications are completely absent.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The most common highest year of school is Year 10 at 47%, ahead of Year 12 (26%).
Highest year of school
View on map →In The Heart, the largest group is Year 10 at 45%, followed by Year 12 (25%) and Year 11 (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
With 0.0% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, this area is among the lowest for this qualification level. This is 29 percentage points lower than the Victorian average and 26 points below the national figure.
Highest qualification level
View on map →In The Heart, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Management & commerce at 21%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The Heart has three schools within 3km, which is more than 70% of similar areas. All three are government primary schools with a typical size of 249 students.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
249
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
999
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving The Heart
3 schools — 747 students, average ICSEA 999.
By sector: Government 3
By type: Primary 3
| Araluen Primary School, Sale | Government | Primary | 6.9 km | 104 | 946 |
| Sale Primary School, Sale | Government | Primary | 8.2 km | 465 | 1,003 |
| Longford Primary School, Longford | Government | Primary | 9.3 km | 178 | 1,019 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in The Heart [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22499/the-heart/topic/education