49.1% ▲ +1.5%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 48.3%
- 2016: 40.5%
- 2021: 49.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Hopetoun Park · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Hopetoun Park
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of nearly 10 percentage points separates the school completion rate in Hopetoun Park from the national figure. While almost half of residents have finished Year 12, this is well below the Australian average. Most people here hold trade-based certifications rather than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 49.1% of people finished Year 12, which is much higher than in most similar areas but far below the 61.8% seen across Victoria. This figure has barely changed since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Hopetoun Park, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 10 (23%) and Year 11 (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 12.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average. Trade qualifications are more common, with 46.9% of people holding a Certificate III or IV.
12.3% ▼ -10.9%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 12.3%
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 Hopetoun Park, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are led by Engineering and related fields at 21.4%, followed by Management and commerce at 17.5%.
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 Hopetoun Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221034/hopetoun-park/topic/education