49.6% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45.0%
- 2021: 49.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Towong · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Towong
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just under half of Towong residents have completed Year 12, a figure that is higher than most similar areas. While university degrees are more common here than in comparable regions, the area's overall education levels remain well below the national and state figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Almost half of residents (49.6%) finished Year 12, which is far below the 61.8% seen across Victoria. Another 21% of people stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Towong, Year 12 is the majority at 55%; Year 10 is next at 23%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 18.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 44.2% of residents.
18.3% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 18.3%
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 Towong, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Bachelor degree (16%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Towong are spread across several fields, with Engineering at 16.9% and Management and commerce at 15.6% being the most frequent.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of this area, which is a smaller number than about 59% of similar places.
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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).
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Towong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22563/towong/topic/education