36.5% ▲ +27.1%
Lower than 85% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 36.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Portland · Urban Area
Education & Qualifications in Portland
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people in Portland have finished higher schooling and degrees than a decade ago, though levels remain low. Only 11.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national and state figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rates rose 7.8 points since 2011 to reach 36.5%. This is far below the Victorian rate of 61.8% and much lower than most similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Portland, the largest group is Year 12 at 40%, followed by Year 10 (23%) and Year 11 (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher rose 4.8 points since 2011 to 11.4%, though this is still far below the Australian figure. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 40.5% of residents.
11.4% ▲ +73.3%
Lower than 84% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 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 Portland, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Portland are most often in engineering and related fields at 16.6%, followed by health and society and culture, which both sit around 12%.
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 Portland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2014/portland/topic/education