43.4% ▼ -26.6%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 59.0%
- 2016: 38.4%
- 2021: 43.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wandong - Heathcote Junction · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Wandong - Heathcote Junction
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher rates of Year 12 completion than most similar areas mark the educational profile of Wandong - Heathcote Junction. While it outperforms similar local spots, the area has seen a decline in both school and university qualifications over the last decade.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 43.4% of residents finished Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. This is a notable drop from 2011, when 59% of people had completed their final year of school.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wandong - Heathcote Junction, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (21%) and Year 11 (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 12.2% of the population, a figure far below the Australian average of 26.3%. This has fallen by 10 points since 2011, and the most common qualification is now a Certificate III or IV, held by 44.8% of residents.
12.2% ▼ -45.8%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 12.2%
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 Wandong - Heathcote Junction, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common qualifications at 21.3%, followed by management and commerce at 13.4% and society and culture at 10.2%.
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 Wandong - Heathcote Junction [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215087/wandong-heathcote-junction/topic/education