31.7% ▲ +12.5%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
St Arnaud · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in St Arnaud
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in St Arnaud have completed secondary or tertiary studies compared to the state and national figures. Only 31.7% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the Victorian average. This suggests a local workforce that relies more on practical experience and trade certificates than formal degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rates are far below the national figure, though they have risen 3.5 points since 2011. About 20.9% of residents stopped at Year 10, while another 20.5% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In St Arnaud, the largest group is Year 12 at 36%, followed by Year 10 (23%) and Year 9 or below (23%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are uncommon here, with only 8.9% of adults holding one—far below the 29.2% seen across Victoria. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 35.9% of the population.
8.9% ▲ +13.3%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 8.9%
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 St Arnaud, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with Health at 12.7% and Engineering at 12.2% being the most frequent. Other common areas of study include Society and Culture at 10.9% and Management and Commerce at 9.2%.
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 St Arnaud [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215079/st-arnaud/topic/education