47.7% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 47.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Zeerust · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Zeerust
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Zeerust have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the state. Only 47.7% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. This trend continues into higher education, where the proportion of adults with a university degree is much lower than the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer than half of residents have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. About 22.9% of people left school in Year 11, and 18.3% finished Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Zeerust, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 11 (24%) and Year 10 (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 15.3% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Victorian average of 29.2%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 42.9% of people.
15.3% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 15.3%
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 Zeerust, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are Engineering and related subjects at 25.7%, followed by Management and commerce at 15.7% and Society and culture at 10.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Zeerust has a high number of schools for its population, with 31.25 schools per 1,000 children. These three local primary schools are smaller than most, but they have a school advantage score that is much higher than most areas.
31.25
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
124
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,067
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Zeerust
3 schools — 372 students, average ICSEA 1,067.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3
| Zeerust Primary School, Zeerust | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 10 | 899 |
| Congupna Primary School, Congupna | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 90 | 1,027 |
| St Luke's Catholic Primary School, Shepparton North | Catholic | Primary | 5.8 km | 272 | 1,087 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Zeerust [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22943/zeerust/topic/education