43.0% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 43.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Whorouly East · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Whorouly East
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Whorouly East finished high school compared to the state average, though a quarter of adults hold a university degree. This creates a distinct split in education levels, with 43% of residents completing Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure, with 43% of residents finishing high school. Others stopped earlier, including 22.8% who finished Year 11 and 16.5% who left at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Whorouly East, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 11 (23%) and Year 9 or below (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 24.7% of adults, a rate much higher than most similar areas. While this is a little below the Australian average, Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 47.2%.
24.7% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 24.7%
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 Whorouly East, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Postgraduate degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common areas of study at 24.5%, followed by agriculture and environment at 17%. Education and management and commerce both account for 15.1% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Whorouly East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22778/whorouly-east/topic/education