56.8% —
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Geelong · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Geelong
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A quarter of adults in Geelong hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This makes the region a strong hub for higher learning, although the share of people finishing Year 12 remains lower than the state average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
While 56.8% of people finished Year 12, which is much higher than most similar areas, this is still well below the 61.8% seen across Victoria.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Geelong, Year 12 is the majority at 61%; Year 10 is next at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 25.4% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is about the same as the national average but well below Victoria's 29.2%. The most common qualifications are Certificate III or IV at 27.7% and bachelor degrees at 26.7%.
25.4% —
Higher than 90% 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
View on map →Geelong splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (32%) and Bachelor degree (31%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, led by management and commerce at 15.5%, followed by health at 13.2% and society and culture at 13.0%.
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 Geelong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL203003/geelong/topic/education