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Education & Qualifications in Birchip

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

A gap of 22 percentage points separates Birchip from Victoria in Year 12 completion rates. While some residents hold high-level degrees, the town generally has lower school and university completion rates than the state or national figures.

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📍 Birchip, Urban Centre

Where Birchip sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

16.0% ▼ -5.7%

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Birchip — higher than 72% of areas.

Birchip16.0%
3483, VIC 17.7%
Victoria 29.2%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Only 39.7% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the Australian figure of 58.8%. This is a decline from 2011, when the rate was 45.2%.

Completed Year 12

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39.7% ▼ -12.1%

Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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In Birchip, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 9 or below (21%) and Year 11 (18%).

Year 12 39.7% Year 9 or below 18.5% Year 11 15.9% Year 10 14.8%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

Around 16% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is more than most similar areas but far below the Victorian figure of 29.2%. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 33.6% of residents.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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16.0% ▼ -5.7%

Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Highest qualification level

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In Birchip, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (29%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).

Certificate III / IV 33.6% Bachelor degree 22.5% Advanced diploma / diploma 14.3% Postgraduate degree 4.6% Graduate diploma / certificate 2.3% Certificate I / II 1.3%

Field of study

What people studied.

The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are engineering at 16.3% and health at 15.6%, followed by education at 10.4%.

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 Birchip [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221005/birchip/topic/education