44.5% ▲ +28.9%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 56.4%
- 2021: 44.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cowes · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Cowes
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A growing number of people in Cowes have finished more schooling and higher education since 2011. While those with bachelor degrees now make up 16% of adults, this is still far below the national figure of 26.3%.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rose 10 points since 2011 to 44.5%, which is higher than most similar areas but still far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Cowes, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (21%) and Year 11 (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher rose 6.3 points to 16.0% since 2011. This is far below the Australian average, with Certificate III or IV being the most common qualification at 30.3%.
16.0% ▲ +64.3%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 16.0%
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 Cowes, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 39%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (24%) and Bachelor degree (23%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 14.4%, followed by engineering and related fields 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 Cowes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL214006/cowes/topic/education