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Diggers Rest · Urban Centre

Education & Qualifications in Diggers Rest

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

A gap of 5.6 percentage points separates Diggers Rest from the Victorian average for university degrees. While the area is performing better than many similar places, it still trails the state and national figures for higher education. More people have finished high school now than a decade ago, with 61.6% of residents completing Year 12.

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📍 Diggers Rest, Urban Centre

Where Diggers Rest sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

23.6% ▲ +17.5%

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Diggers Rest — higher than 88% of areas.

Diggers Rest23.6%
3427, VIC 22.1%
Victoria 29.2%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Year 12 completion rates have risen 8.1 percentage points since 2011 to reach 61.6%. This is a little above the Australian average and is among the highest results for similar areas.

Completed Year 12

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61.6% ▲ +15.1%

Higher than 95% of urban centre areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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In Diggers Rest, Year 12 is the majority at 65%; Year 10 is next at 15%.

Year 12 61.6% Year 10 14.3% Year 11 11.6% Year 9 or below 7.4%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

About 23.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is much higher than most similar areas but well below the Victorian figure. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 31.7% of residents.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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23.6% ▲ +17.5%

Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Highest qualification level

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In Diggers Rest, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 36%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).

Certificate III / IV 31.7% Bachelor degree 24.9% Advanced diploma / diploma 18.2% Postgraduate degree 7.2% Graduate diploma / certificate 3.8% Certificate I / II 1.6%

Field of study

What people studied.

The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 18.3%, followed by engineering and related fields at 14.9%.

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 Diggers Rest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL214007/diggers-rest/topic/education