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Education & Qualifications in Clunes

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

A much higher share of adults in Clunes hold university degrees compared to the national figure. This trend is part of a broader educational shift, with university qualifications and high school completion rates both climbing sharply since 2011.

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📍 Clunes, Urban Centre

Where Clunes sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

31.7% ▲ +225.7%

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Clunes — higher than 97% of areas.

Clunes31.7%
2480, NSW 21.2%
New South Wales 27.8%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

About 59.3% of people have finished Year 12, which is about the same as the state and national figures. This is a huge jump from 2011, when only 28.5% had completed the year.

Completed Year 12

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59.3% ▲ +108.1%

Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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In Clunes, Year 12 is the majority at 63%; Year 10 is next at 21%.

Year 12 59.3% Year 10 19.4% Year 9 or below 8.0% Year 11 7.6%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

University degrees are common here, with 31.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the 26.3% national figure and represents a 22 percentage point increase over the last decade.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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31.7% ▲ +225.7%

Higher than 97% of urban centre areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Highest qualification level

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In Clunes, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 38%, followed by Certificate III / IV (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).

Bachelor degree 30.6% Certificate III / IV 20.4% Advanced diploma / diploma 12.7% Postgraduate degree 9.9% Graduate diploma / certificate 4.8% Certificate I / II 1.9%

Field of study

What people studied.

The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are management and commerce at 16.6%, followed by society and culture at 13.7% and health at 13.1%.

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 Clunes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121020/clunes/topic/education