30.1% ▼ -41.2%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 51.1%
- 2016: 46.3%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ouyen · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Ouyen
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Ouyen have finished high school than they did a decade ago. Year 12 completion rates have dropped by 21 percentage points since 2011, meaning only 30.1% of residents now hold this qualification. This decline marks a significant shift in the local educational profile over the last ten years.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 30.1% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. This is much lower than most similar areas, with 22.3% of residents instead topping out at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Ouyen, the largest group is Year 12 at 34%, followed by Year 10 (25%) and Year 9 or below (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher has fallen to 11.0% since 2011, a result far below the Australian average of 26.3%. Most qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV, making up 38.2% of the group.
11.0% ▼ -35.2%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 11.0%
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 Ouyen, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Bachelor degree is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
People with qualifications in Ouyen are most often trained in engineering and related fields, at 16.0%. Health and education follow as the next most common areas of study, at 13.0% and 9.9% respectively.
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 Ouyen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215067/ouyen/topic/education