37.6% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 37.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wiseleigh · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wiseleigh
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Wiseleigh have finished high school or university compared to most similar areas. Only 37.6% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. This trend extends to higher education, where a small minority of adults hold university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 37.6% of people here finished Year 12, a figure far below the national average. Other common highest levels of schooling include Year 10 at 24.1% and Year 11 at 18.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wiseleigh, the largest group is Year 12 at 40%, followed by Year 10 (26%) and Year 11 (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here, with only 7.9% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are more common at 39.8%.
7.9% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 7.9%
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 Wiseleigh, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 26%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Wiseleigh are spread across several fields, led by Engineering and related studies at 15.9%. Society and culture follows at 13.6%, with Agriculture and environment and Education both at 10.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km of the area. This school is much smaller than those in most similar areas, with an average size of 72 students.
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).
72
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
994
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Wiseleigh
1 school — 72 students, average ICSEA 994.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Bruthen Primary School, Bruthen | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 72 | 994 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wiseleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22818/wiseleigh/topic/education