41.6% ▼ -0.7%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 41.9%
- 2016: 40.6%
- 2021: 41.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part) · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part)
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 41.6% of residents in Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part) have completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and national figures. While this is higher than in many similar areas, the number of people finishing high school has barely changed since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 41.6% of people finished Year 12, while 20.9% stopped at Year 10. These rates are far below the state and national figures, where around 59% of people complete their final year of school.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part), the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (23%) and Year 11 (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A small minority of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher at 14.8%, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification here is a Certificate III or IV, held by 35.2% of residents.
14.8% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 14.8%
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 Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part), the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications most often studied engineering and related fields at 14.9%, followed by management and commerce at 13.9%. Health and education degrees are also common, each accounting for 10.8% of qualifications.
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 Mildura - Buronga (Buronga Part) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL112013/mildura-buronga/topic/education