24.6% ▲ +15.1%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Woomelang · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Woomelang
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Very few residents in Woomelang have completed high school or university compared to similar areas. Only 24.6% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This makes it one of the lowest-ranking areas for formal education levels.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8% at just 24.6%. The most common highest year of school completed is Year 10, reached by 25.7% of residents.
Highest year of school
View on map →Woomelang splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (29%) and Year 12 (27%), with Year 9 or below at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is uncommon here, with only 7.3% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Australian average of 26.3%, though Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 28.9%.
7.3% ▼ -19.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 7.3%
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 Woomelang, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Agriculture and environment being the most common at 12.2%, followed by Education at 10% and Health at 8.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a common trait shared with 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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Woomelang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22852/woomelang/topic/education