33.3% ▼ -6.7%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.7%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Donald · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Donald
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Donald have completed formal schooling compared to the rest of the country. Only 33.3% of people finished Year 12, and the proportion of adults with a university degree is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Victorian rate of 61.8%, and this figure fell 2.4 points since 2011. Roughly 20.5% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Donald, the largest group is Year 12 at 37%, followed by Year 10 (23%) and Year 11 (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here; only 9.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 38.1% of residents.
9.4% ▲ +15.1%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 9.4%
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 Donald, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are engineering and related subjects at 12.9%, followed by health at 11.5% and management and commerce at 11.0%.
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 Donald [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215031/donald/topic/education