49.1% ▲ +54.7%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 49.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bannockburn · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Bannockburn
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Bannockburn, where 42.9% of residents hold one. While schooling and university degrees have increased since 2011, the area remains far below state and national levels for these milestones.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Almost half of the population, 49.1%, have finished Year 12, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This is a significant rise of 17 percentage points since 2011, though it remains well below the national figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bannockburn, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 10 is next at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by 15.1% of adults, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but far below the Victorian average of 29.2%. This proportion has grown by 5.9 percentage points over the last decade.
15.1% ▲ +63.6%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 15.1%
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 Bannockburn, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 50%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common areas of study are engineering and related fields at 17.5%, followed by management and commerce at 14.2% and society and culture at 12.7%.
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 Bannockburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL214002/bannockburn/topic/education