52.7% ▲ +112.0%
Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 52.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Dunkeld · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Dunkeld
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly one in five people in Dunkeld have a qualification in education, making it the most common field of study. This is a community where higher education has grown rapidly, with a much higher proportion of residents holding university degrees than in most similar areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion has risen 28 points since 2011 to reach 52.7%. While this is much higher than most similar areas, it remains well below the Victorian figure of 61.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Dunkeld, Year 12 is the majority at 57%; Year 11 is next at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are becoming more common, with 22.2% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is a 15 point increase since 2011 and is much higher than most similar areas, though still well below the national figure of 26.3%.
22.2% ▲ +195.4%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Dunkeld splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (33%) and Bachelor degree (30%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 24%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Education is the leading field of qualification at 18.1%, followed by agriculture and environment at 14.2%. Other common areas of study include management and commerce at 10% and engineering at 8.9%.
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 Dunkeld [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221022/dunkeld/topic/education