27.4% ▼ -12.2%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Picton East · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Picton East
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 27.4% of residents in Picton East finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This low level of formal schooling is a defining feature of the area's educational profile, and it is reflected in a lower proportion of university degrees compared to other parts of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion of Year 12 is among the lowest for similar areas, sitting at 27.4%, which is 31 points lower than both the state and national figures. About a quarter of residents finished Year 10, and 14.8% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →Picton East splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (36%) and Year 10 (34%), with Year 9 or below at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here, with only 9.3% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 26.3% national figure, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most frequent, held by 30.1% of people.
9.3% ▲ +29.4%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 9.3%
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 Picton East, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 28%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, led by management and commerce at 15.7% and engineering and related fields at 13.3%. Society and culture qualifications account for 12.0% of the total.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 7 schools within 3km, which is more than about 79% of similar areas. Most are government primary schools, and the typical school size of 339 students is around the middle for this level.
7
Higher than 75% 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).
339
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
968
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Picton East
7 schools — 2,376 students, average ICSEA 968.
By sector: Government 6 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 5 · Secondary 1 · Combined 1
| Picton Primary School, Glen Iris | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 153 | 934 |
| Eaton Primary School, Eaton | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 407 | 958 |
| Djidi Djidi Aboriginal School, Bunbury | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 98 | 684 |
| Eaton Community College, Eaton | Government | Secondary | 3.1 km | 449 | 949 |
| Grace Christian School, Glen Iris | Independent | Combined | 3.2 km | 609 | 1,053 |
| Glen Huon Primary School, Eaton | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 511 | 957 |
| Clifton Park Primary School, Clifton Park | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 149 | 969 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Picton East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51239/picton-east/topic/education