55.7% ▲ +42.8%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 39.0%
- 2021: 55.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Sunbury · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Sunbury
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher levels of schooling and degrees are much more common in Sunbury than in most similar areas. While still below the state and national figures, the area has seen a significant shift, with 55.7% of people now finishing Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion has jumped by 17 points since 2011 to reach 55.7%. This is much higher than in similar areas, though it remains well below the Victorian figure of 61.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Sunbury, Year 12 is the majority at 58%; Year 10 is next at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 19.1% of the population, a figure that rose 6.6 points since 2011. This is far below the 29.2% seen across Victoria, though it is much higher than in most similar areas.
19.1% ▲ +52.6%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2021: 19.1%
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 Sunbury, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 41%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in management and commerce at 17.5%, followed by engineering and related fields at 15.8%.
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 Sunbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL212006/sunbury/topic/education