62.5% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 51.2%
- 2021: 62.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wando Bridge · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A higher proportion of residents in Wando Bridge have finished high school compared to the national average. While 62.5% of people completed Year 12, there are very few adults with university degrees. This creates a local profile where vocational training is far more common than higher education.
Highest year of school completed.
About 62.5% of people finished Year 12, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Australian figure of 58.8%.
62.5% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Wando Bridge, Year 12 is the majority at 65%; Year 10 is next at 19%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here, with only 8.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the Victorian average of 29.2%. Instead, half of all highest qualifications are Certificate III or IV levels.
8.1% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Wando Bridge, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 59%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 27%.
What people studied.
Those with qualifications have focused largely on practical fields, with 34.6% studying agriculture and the environment and 23.1% in health.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number 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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wando Bridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22674/wando-bridge/topic/education