39.8% ▲ +65.3%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 39.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Glengarry · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Glengarry
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Glengarry (L) have finished high school than in the rest of Victoria. While the gap is large, the community is seeing a shift toward higher learning, with the share of people completing Year 12 jumping 16 percentage points since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 39.8% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. About 23% of people left school at Year 10, and 20.6% finished Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Glengarry, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 10 (24%) and Year 11 (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is more common here than in most similar areas, though the 12.9% with a bachelor degree or higher is still far below the national figure. Trade qualifications are the most frequent, with 50.4% holding a Certificate III or IV.
12.9% ▲ +67.4%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 12.9%
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 Glengarry, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 59%; Bachelor degree is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common qualifications at 27.2%. Other notable areas of study include health at 10.7% and management and commerce 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 Glengarry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221029/glengarry/topic/education