38.4% ▲ +16.6%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 38.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Violet Town · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Violet Town
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 38.4% of people in Violet Town have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This lower rate of secondary school completion is a defining feature of the area's educational profile. Most adults hold practical certificates rather than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below both the state and national figures. Just over a third of residents finished high school, while about 20.6% stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Violet Town, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (24%) and Year 11 (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 13.8%, which is far below the Victorian average. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 32.4% of adults.
13.8% ▲ +8.4%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 13.8%
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 Violet Town, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with management and commerce being the most common at 12.6%, followed closely by engineering and society and culture.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Violet Town has more schools per 1,000 children than most similar areas, though the average school size is much lower. The local system consists entirely of government primary schools.
9.35
Higher than 74% 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).
51
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
929
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Violet Town
1 school — 51 students, average ICSEA 929.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Peranbin Primary College, Violet Town | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 51 | 929 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Violet Town [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22635/violet-town/topic/education