45.6% ▲ +8.4%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.0%
- 2016: 40.5%
- 2021: 45.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Whitfield · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Whitfield
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Lower levels of formal schooling shape daily life in Whitfield, where only 45.6% of residents completed Year 12. This is far below the Victorian average and represents a significant gap in educational attainment for the area.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 45.6% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the 61.8% seen across Victoria and 13 points lower than the national figure.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Whitfield, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 10 (20%) and Year 11 (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 16.5% of the population, which is well below the Australian average of 26.3%. Diplomas and certificates are more common, with 27.7% holding an advanced diploma or diploma.
16.5% ▼ -21.6%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Whitfield splits fairly evenly between Advanced diploma / diploma (33%) and Certificate III / IV (32%), with Bachelor degree at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications held by residents are in education and society and culture, each at 14.3%, followed by health at 10.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Whitfield has a high number of schools per child and a very high school advantage score, though the local primary school is much smaller than most others.
40.00
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
34
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,040
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Whitfield
1 school — 34 students, average ICSEA 1,040.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Whitfield District Primary School, Whitfield | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 34 | 1,040 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Whitfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22772/whitfield/topic/education