48.9% ▲ +20.3%
Higher than 71% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 40.6%
- 2016: 43.8%
- 2021: 48.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bendigo · Urban Area
Education & Qualifications in Bendigo
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Gaps between Bendigo and the national average are most clear in school and university completion rates. While the area has seen a steady rise in qualifications over the last decade, the proportion of people finishing Year 12 remains well below the Australian figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 48.9% of residents finished Year 12, which is higher than in most similar areas but far below the Victorian average of 61.8%. This figure has improved steadily, rising 8.2 percentage points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bendigo, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 10 is next at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 20.3% of adults, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas but well below the national average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 32.6% of residents.
20.3% ▲ +40.1%
Higher than 75% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 20.3%
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 Bendigo, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 39%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Bendigo are spread across several fields, with Health being the most common at 14.9%. Other prominent fields include Management and Commerce at 13.9% and Society and Culture at 13.0%.
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 Bendigo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2004/bendigo/topic/education