40.2% ▲ +20.4%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.4%
- 2016: 36.8%
- 2021: 40.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Timboon · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Timboon
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Timboon have finished high school than in other parts of the state, with only 40.2% completing Year 12. This gap suggests a local workforce that relies more on trade skills and practical experience than formal academic degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 40.2% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. About 19.9% of people here finished Year 11 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Timboon, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 11 (22%) and Year 10 (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The typical adult is more likely to hold a Certificate III or IV (33.1%) than a university degree. Only 12.3% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
12.3% ▲ +29.6%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 12.3%
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 Timboon, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (22%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across various fields, with Engineering (14.5%) and Education (13.6%) being the most common, followed by Health at 10.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area's schools are larger and have higher advantage scores than most similar areas. All local schooling is provided by a single government-run combined school.
4.72
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
504
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,006
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Timboon
1 school — 504 students, average ICSEA 1,006.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Timboon P-12 School, Timboon | Government | Combined | 1.3 km | 504 | 1,006 |
Sources
More for Timboon
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Timboon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22516/timboon/topic/education