34.3% ▲ +0.5%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 34.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Walwa · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Walwa
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Walwa compared to the rest of the country. Only 34.3% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. This gap extends to higher education, where university degrees are much less common than in most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national average, with only 34.3% of people reaching this milestone. About 20% of residents finished Year 10, while 18.9% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Walwa, the largest group is Year 12 at 38%, followed by Year 10 (22%) and Year 9 or below (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 6.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the 29.2% seen across Victoria. Instead, trade qualifications are more common, with 34.5% of residents holding a Certificate III or IV.
6.7% ▼ -34.8%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 6.7%
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 Walwa, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 22.7%. Health is the next most frequent field at 11.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is among the smallest in the region with a typical size of 10 students. This school has an advantage score of 931, which is much lower than most other areas.
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).
10
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
931
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Walwa
1 school — 10 students, average ICSEA 931.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Walwa Primary School, Walwa | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 10 | 931 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Walwa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22668/walwa/topic/education