47.9% ▲ +28.3%
Higher than 67% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 37.3%
- 2016: 42.6%
- 2021: 47.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Warrnambool · Urban Area
Education & Qualifications in Warrnambool
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people in Warrnambool have finished high school and earned degrees than in most similar areas. While these figures are still well below the state and national levels, the community has seen a steady climb in qualifications over the last decade.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Nearly half of residents have completed Year 12, a figure that rose 11 points since 2011. Despite this growth, the 47.9% completion rate remains far below the Victorian average of 61.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Warrnambool, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 10 is next at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are more common here than in similar areas, with 19.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well below the national figure of 26.3%, though it has increased by 6.9 points since 2011.
19.4% ▲ +55.6%
Higher than 72% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 19.4%
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 Warrnambool, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 40%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Health is the most common field of study at 14.6%, followed closely by management and commerce at 14.0%. Other popular areas of qualification include society and culture and education.
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 Warrnambool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2021/warrnambool/topic/education