39.8% ▲ +1.3%
Lower than 73% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 39.3%
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 39.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Colac · Urban Area
Education & Qualifications in Colac
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 22 percentage points separates Colac from Victoria in high school completion rates. Only 39.8% of residents here finished Year 12, which is far below both the state and national figures. This trend has barely changed over the last decade.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just under 40% of people finished Year 12, a result that is much lower than most similar areas. Those who left school earlier are common, with 19.3% finishing at Year 10 and 17.7% leaving at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Colac, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 10 (21%) and Year 9 or below (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here, with only 11.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure and has fallen slightly since 2011, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most typical, held by 41.2% of residents.
11.4% ▼ -6.9%
Lower than 84% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 11.4%
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 Colac, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Colac are spread across various fields, with Engineering (13.5%) and Society and Culture (13.3%) being the most common, followed by Management and Commerce at 12.7%.
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 Colac [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2006/colac/topic/education