55.8% ▲ +38.3%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 40.4%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 55.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kyneton · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Kyneton
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher education levels are more common in Kyneton than in most similar areas. While the typical resident's schooling is lower than the state average, the number of adults with a university degree has climbed significantly over the last decade.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion has risen 15 points since 2011 to reach 55.8%, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, this remains well below the Victorian figure of 61.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Kyneton, Year 12 is the majority at 59%; Year 10 is next at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 25.9% of adults, a figure that is about the same as the national average and among the highest for similar areas. This represents a sharp increase from 2011, when only 11.7% held such a qualification.
25.9% ▲ +121.0%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Kyneton splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (32%) and Certificate III / IV (28%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are management and commerce at 14.7%, followed closely by society and culture at 14.1%.
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 Kyneton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL214013/kyneton/topic/education