41.5% ▲ +37.2%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 41.4%
- 2021: 41.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Rutherglen · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Rutherglen
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people in Rutherglen have finished their schooling and earned degrees than a decade ago. While the typical level of education remains far below the state and national figures, a growing number of residents now hold higher qualifications.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 41.5% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the 61.8% seen across Victoria. This is an improvement on the 2011 figure, where only 30.3% had completed their final year of school.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Rutherglen, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (24%) and Year 11 (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 16.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is higher than most similar areas despite being well below the national figure. Most qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV, though the proportion with degrees rose by 4.8 points since 2011.
16.7% ▲ +40.2%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 16.7%
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 Rutherglen, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are engineering and related studies at 15.5%, followed by management and commerce at 14.4%. Health and education follow closely, each representing about 10% 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 Rutherglen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215076/rutherglen/topic/education