42.3% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 42.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Melawondi · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Melawondi
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational levels in Melawondi have remained low over time, with no adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This creates a significant gap compared to the rest of the country, where a quarter of the population has a university degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 42.3% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. About 30.8% of the community stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Melawondi, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 10 (36%) and Year 11 (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in the area hold a bachelor degree or higher, placing Melawondi among the lowest for this qualification compared to similar areas.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Melawondi, Advanced diploma / diploma is the majority at 54%; Certificate III / IV is next at 46%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Engineering & related at 16%, ahead of Society & culture (16%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The local area has one government primary school, which is much smaller than most schools with an average size of 32 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).
32
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
997
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Melawondi
1 school — 32 students, average ICSEA 997.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Kandanga State School, Kandanga | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 32 | 997 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Melawondi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31799/melawondi/topic/education