60.9% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Whoorel · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Whoorel
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Zero adults in Whoorel hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average. While few residents have university degrees, about 61% have finished Year 12, which is slightly above the Australian figure. This reflects a community where basic schooling is common but higher education is very rare.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 60.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is much higher than most similar areas and roughly the same as the Victorian average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Whoorel, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (24%) and Year 11 (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 0.0%, which is far below both the Victorian and national figures.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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 Whoorel, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 70%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 30%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Engineering & related at 60%, ahead of Education (40%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two primary schools within 3 km of the area, both of which are government-run. These schools are much smaller than most, with an average size of 84 students, though they have a much higher advantage score than most 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).
84
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,050
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Whoorel
2 schools — 167 students, average ICSEA 1,050.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Birregurra Primary School, Birregurra | Government | Primary | 5.4 km | 115 | 1,052 |
| Deans Marsh Primary School, Deans Marsh | Government | Primary | 5.5 km | 52 | 1,045 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Whoorel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22776/whoorel/topic/education