36.3% ▼ -37.2%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 57.8%
- 2016: 57.4%
- 2021: 36.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Portland · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Portland
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Forty per cent of qualified adults in Portland hold a Certificate III or IV, reflecting a workforce with strong practical skills. While many residents have vocational training, the area has seen a significant drop in the proportion of people finishing high school and earning degrees over the last decade.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 36.3% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. This is a sharp decline from 2011, when 57.8% of the community had completed their final year of school.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Portland, the largest group is Year 12 at 39%, followed by Year 10 (23%) and Year 11 (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by 11.1% of adults, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%. This also represents a significant fall from 2011, when the proportion was 26.4%.
11.1% ▼ -57.8%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 11.1%
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 Portland, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common areas of study for qualified residents are engineering and related fields at 16.3%, followed by society and culture at 12.6% and health at 12.5%.
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 Portland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL213012/portland/topic/education