59.3% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 51.6%
- 2021: 59.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Woodhouse · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly 60% of residents in Woodhouse have completed Year 12, which is much higher than in most similar areas. While school completion is common, higher university degrees are far less frequent here than across the state.
Highest year of school completed.
About 59.3% of people finished Year 12, a figure that is a little below the Victorian average but about the same as the national rate.
59.3% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Woodhouse, Year 12 is the majority at 59%; Year 11 is next at 30%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 11.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure. Instead, diplomas are the most common qualification at 37.5%.
11.8% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Woodhouse, the largest group is Advanced diploma / diploma at 47%, followed by Certificate III / IV (32%) and Graduate diploma / certificate (21%).
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across a few key fields, with agriculture and environment being the most common at 29.2%.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar areas.
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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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Woodhouse [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22838/woodhouse/topic/education