45.1% ▲ +31.3%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.3%
- 2016: 40.4%
- 2021: 45.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wangaratta South · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wangaratta South
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher qualification levels than most similar areas mark Wangaratta South, though many residents have not finished high school. While nearly one in five adults holds a bachelor degree or higher, only 45.1% of people here completed Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 45.1%, which is far below both the Victorian figure of 61.8% and the national rate of 58.8%. About 21.3% of residents stopped after Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wangaratta South, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (22%) and Year 11 (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 19.7% of the population, a figure higher than most similar areas but well below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
19.7% ▲ +78.0%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 19.7%
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 Wangaratta South, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 40%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification for residents are health at 15.8% and engineering and related fields at 15.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Two primary government schools serve the area, and they have an advantage score of 1,017, which is higher than most similar areas.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
297
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,017
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Wangaratta South
2 schools — 593 students, average ICSEA 1,017.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Wangaratta West Primary School, Wangaratta | Government | Primary | 7.2 km | 486 | 1,017 |
| Glenrowan Primary School, Glenrowan | Government | Primary | 7.3 km | 107 | 1,015 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wangaratta South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22681/wangaratta-south/topic/education