48.1% ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.9%
- 2016: 45.7%
- 2021: 48.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Walkerville · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Walkerville
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A significant gap in high school completion marks the education profile of Walkerville, where only 48.1% of residents finished Year 12. Despite this, the area has a strong presence of highly qualified adults, with 27.9% holding a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
High school completion is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8% and the national rate of 58.8%, with 48.1% of people finishing Year 12.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Walkerville, Year 12 is the majority at 63%; Year 10 is next at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The number of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is much higher than most similar areas, sitting at 27.9%, which is a little above the Australian average.
27.9% ▲ +19.4%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 27.9%
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 Walkerville, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 33%, followed by Certificate III / IV (25%) and Postgraduate degree (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Degrees in this area are spread across several fields, with Engineering at 12.2% followed by Health, Education, and Management and Commerce each at 11.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of the area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar places in this regard.
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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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Walkerville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22653/walkerville/topic/education