47.9% ▲ +29.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.0%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 47.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Venus Bay · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Venus Bay
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Daily life in Venus Bay is shaped by a workforce with a mix of trade and university backgrounds, though fewer people finished high school than the national average. About 24% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 47.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Victoria figure of 61.8% and the Australian average of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Venus Bay, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Certificates are the most common qualification at 29.7%, though 24% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is a little below the national figure.
24.0% ▲ +119.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 24.0%
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 Venus Bay, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 37%, followed by Bachelor degree (29%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Engineering (12.5%) and Management and Commerce (12.0%) being the most common.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by two government primary schools, and these have a school advantage score that is much higher than most similar areas.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
248
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,056
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Venus Bay
2 schools — 495 students, average ICSEA 1,056.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Inverloch Primary School, Inverloch | Government | Primary | 7.0 km | 461 | 1,061 |
| Tarwin Lower Primary School, Tarwin Lower | Government | Primary | 7.8 km | 34 | 990 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Venus Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22626/venus-bay/topic/education