52.3% ▲ +20.7%
Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 43.3%
- 2016: 47.2%
- 2021: 52.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Melton · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Melton
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than half of residents in Melton have completed Year 12, a figure that has risen by 9.0 percentage points since 2011. While school completion is improving, the area still sees far fewer adults with university degrees than the state or national averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 52.3%, which is much higher than most similar areas but remains well below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. Other common highest school levels include Year 10 at 16.0% and Year 9 or below at 12.6%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Melton, Year 12 is the majority at 57%; Year 10 is next at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 16.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3% and has barely changed since 2011. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 32.6% of residents.
16.2% ▼ -0.2%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 16.2%
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 Melton, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 41%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Melton are most often in management and commerce at 16.8%, followed by engineering and related fields at 14.2%. Those studying society and culture make up 13.4% of the group.
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 Melton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL211002/melton/topic/education