54.8% ▲ +106.5%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 54.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
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Education & Qualifications in Mount Beauty - Tawonga
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 7 percentage points separates the rate of Year 12 completions in Mount Beauty - Tawonga from the Victorian average. Despite this, the area has seen a major shift in skill levels, with the proportion of people finishing high school and those holding university degrees both climbing steeply since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
While only 54.8% of residents finished Year 12—well below the national figure of 58.8%—this is a huge jump from the 26.5% recorded in 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mount Beauty - Tawonga, Year 12 is the majority at 59%; Year 11 is next at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are common here, with 27.8% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is among the highest levels for similar areas and is a little above the Australian average of 26.3%.
27.8% ▲ +265.4%
Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Mount Beauty - Tawonga splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (33%) and Bachelor degree (31%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Engineering (15.1%) and Education (14.5%) being the most frequent, followed by Management and Commerce at 12.9%.
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 Mount Beauty - Tawonga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215059/mount-beauty-tawonga/topic/education