39.0% ▲ +17.0%
Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 38.4%
- 2021: 39.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part) · Urban Centre
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III and IV qualifications are the most common achievement for adults in Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part), held by 38.1% of the population. While higher education levels have risen since 2011, the area still trails well behind state and national figures for both school and university completions.
Highest year of school completed.
Only 39.0% of people have completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%, though this has risen 5.7 points since 2011.
39.0% ▲ +17.0%
Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part), the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (22%) and Year 11 (19%).
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 14.0%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but still far below the national average of 26.3%.
14.0% ▲ +39.4%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part), the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are engineering and related subjects at 15.0%, followed by health at 12.4% and society and culture at 11.9%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Echuca - Moama (Echuca Part) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL212002/echuca-moama/topic/education