39.9% ▲ +7.6%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.0%
- 2016: 38.6%
- 2021: 39.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Vectis · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Vectis
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 22 percentage points separates Vectis from the Victorian average for Year 12 completion. Only 39.9% of residents finished their final year of school, a figure far below both the state and national levels. This trend carries into higher education, where university qualifications are very rare.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 39.9% of people in Vectis completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. About 26.8% of residents finished Year 11, while 12.3% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Vectis, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 11 (29%) and Year 10 (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, far below the 29.2% seen across Victoria. Instead, nearly half of qualified adults hold a Certificate III or IV.
6.0% ▼ -50.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 6.0%
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 Vectis, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 66%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering (20.9%), Management and Commerce (14.3%), and Society and Culture (13.2%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has three schools within 3km, all of which are government run. These schools are much larger than those in most similar areas, with an average size of 573 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).
573
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
969
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Vectis
3 schools — 1,719 students, average ICSEA 969.
By sector: Government 3
By type: Primary 1 · Combined 1 · Secondary 1
| Horsham West and Haven Primary School, Horsham | Government | Primary | 10.0 km | 603 | 986 |
| Horsham Special School, Horsham | Government | Combined | 10.6 km | 106 | 903 |
| Horsham College, Horsham | Government | Secondary | 10.6 km | 1,010 | 965 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Vectis [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22624/vectis/topic/education