40.8% ▲ +20.4%
Lower than 68% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 40.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bairnsdale · Urban Area
Education & Qualifications in Bairnsdale
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Bairnsdale finished high school than in most other areas, with only 40.8% completing Year 12. While this figure has risen since 2011, the town still trails the state and national averages by a significant margin. Higher education and professional degrees are also less common here than in the rest of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 40.8% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. This is an improvement from 2011, though about 20% of people still had Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bairnsdale, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (22%) and Year 11 (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here, with just 13.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Australian average of 26.3%, though the number of people with these qualifications rose by 3.9 percentage points since 2011.
13.1% ▲ +42.8%
Lower than 69% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 13.1%
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 Bairnsdale, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (21%) and Bachelor degree (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering at 13.5% and Health at 13.4%. Management and commerce follow closely at 12.5%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bairnsdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2002/bairnsdale/topic/education