47.0% ▲ +12.6%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.7%
- 2016: 45.5%
- 2021: 47.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Walmer · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Walmer
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Academic achievement in Walmer has shifted over the last decade, with a significant number of adults now holding high-level degrees. While far fewer people have finished Year 12 compared to the state average, nearly 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 47% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8% and the national average of 58.8%. About 17.4% of the population stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Walmer, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 10 is next at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 28.7%, which is much higher than most similar areas and slightly above the Australian average. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 28.7% of adults.
28.7% ▲ +43.5%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 28.7%
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 Walmer, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 33%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
People with qualifications in this area most often studied engineering and related fields (18.1%) or society and culture (15%). Health and creative arts also make up a notable share of degrees.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Walmer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22665/walmer/topic/education