32.4% ▼ -14.3%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.9%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Morwell · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Morwell
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Morwell have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the state. Only 32.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. This gap in formal education is seen across both school and university levels.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
High school completion is lower than most areas, with only 32.4% of people finishing Year 12. This figure has fallen 5.4 points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Morwell, the largest group is Year 12 at 38%, followed by Year 10 (23%) and Year 9 or below (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 7.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average and down 5.2 points since 2011. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 39.6% of residents.
7.5% ▼ -40.6%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 7.5%
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 Morwell, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications are most often trained in engineering and related fields at 15.2%, followed by society and culture at 13.2%.
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 Morwell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL213011/morwell/topic/education