53.0% ▲ +58.8%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.4%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 53.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Castlemaine · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Castlemaine
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A massive 21 percentage point jump in university degrees since 2011 defines the recent educational shift in Castlemaine. This is now a highly qualified area where 30.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. While higher education is common, the proportion of residents who finished high school remains lower than the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 53% of residents have completed Year 12, which is much higher than most similar areas. This is a significant increase from 2011, when only 33.4% had finished their final year of school.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Castlemaine, Year 12 is the majority at 59%; Year 10 is next at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 30.3%, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. This reflects a sharp rise in higher qualifications over the last decade, with 26% of the population now holding a bachelor degree.
30.3% ▲ +236.5%
Higher than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 30.3%
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 Castlemaine, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 32%, followed by Certificate III / IV (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Castlemaine are most common in society and culture at 16.3%, followed by education at 12.3% and health at 10.7%.
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 Castlemaine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL213002/castlemaine/topic/education