63.6% ▲ +147.6%
Higher than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 63.3%
- 2021: 63.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Eynesbury · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Eynesbury
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A far higher share of people in Eynesbury finished high school compared to the national average. While 63.6% have completed Year 12, the area still trails the state and country in the number of people holding university degrees. This reflects a community where schooling levels have climbed rapidly over the last decade.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
High school completion has soared 38 points since 2011 to reach 63.6%. This is among the highest levels for similar areas and sits well above the Australian figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Eynesbury, Year 12 is the majority at 65%; Year 10 is next at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by 22.6% of adults, which is much higher than most areas despite being well below the Victorian average. This represents a significant increase from 4.6% in 2011, with Certificate III or IV being the most common qualification at 36.8%.
22.6% ▲ +390.7%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 22.6%
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 Eynesbury, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 40%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common areas of study are Management and Commerce at 19.8%, followed by Engineering and related fields at 15.2%. Education and Society and Culture also make up a large part of the local qualifications.
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 Eynesbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215033/eynesbury/topic/education