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Education & Qualifications in Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part)

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

Far fewer people in Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part) have finished high school compared to the rest of the state. Only 41.6% of residents have completed Year 12, which is 20 percentage points lower than the Victorian figure. While university degrees are less common than the national average, the number of adults with a bachelor degree or higher has risen since 2011.

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Where Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part) sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

14.0% ▲ +40.5%

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part) — higher than 64% of areas.

Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part)14.0%
3500, VIC 13.9%
Victoria 29.2%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Just 41.6% of people here finished Year 12, a figure that has barely changed since 2011. This is far below the 58.8% national average, with 17.2% of residents having only reached Year 9 or below.

Completed Year 12

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41.6% ▲ +0.3%

Higher than 59% 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 Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part), the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (20%) and Year 9 or below (19%).

Year 12 41.6% Year 10 18.3% Year 9 or below 17.2% Year 11 13.4%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 14.0% of the population, which is far below the 29.2% seen across Victoria. However, this has risen by 4 percentage points since 2011, and the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV at 32.5%.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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14.0% ▲ +40.5%

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).

Highest qualification level

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In Mildura - Buronga (Mildura Part), the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).

Certificate III / IV 32.5% Bachelor degree 18.4% Advanced diploma / diploma 15.0% Postgraduate degree 4.3% Graduate diploma / certificate 3.5% Certificate I / II 2.7%

Field of study

What people studied.

The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are management and commerce at 14.6%, followed by society and culture at 13.2% and health at 11.2%.

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 (Mildura Part) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL212003/mildura-buronga/topic/education