29.0% ▲ +15.0%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 55.3%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Orbost · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Orbost
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 29% of people in Orbost have finished Year 12, which is far below the Victorian average. This suggests a community where many adults have left school early. While school and university completion rates are low, there has been a slow increase in both high school and degree qualifications since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure, though it has risen 3.8 points over the last decade. About 20% of residents finished school at Year 10 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Orbost, the largest group is Year 12 at 34%, followed by Year 10 (24%) and Year 9 or below (23%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 9.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the state average. Trade certificates are much more common, with 33.8% of people holding a Certificate III or IV.
9.3% ▲ +76.7%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 9.3%
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 Orbost, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering (11.5%) and society and culture (11.3%). Management, health, and education also make up a significant share of the local skills.
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 Orbost [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215066/orbost/topic/education