48.8% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 50.7%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 48.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Warburton · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Warburton
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
About one in five adults in Warburton hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is much higher than most similar areas. While the town has a strong share of graduates, the overall rate of higher education remains well below the Victorian and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of residents have completed Year 12, a figure that is far below the national average and has fallen slightly since 2011. This result is still much higher than in most similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Warburton, Year 12 is the majority at 57%; Year 10 is next at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by 20.5% of adults, though this is well below the Victorian figure. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 25.1% of people.
20.5% ▼ -13.8%
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 20.5%
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 Warburton, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 34%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (23%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Warburton are spread across several fields, with society and culture being the most common at 12.3%, followed closely by education at 11.3%.
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 Warburton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215088/warburton/topic/education