53.1% ▲ +34.5%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 39.5%
- 2016: 46.0%
- 2021: 53.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Inverleigh · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Inverleigh
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A growing number of residents in Inverleigh have higher qualifications, with the share of people holding a university degree more than doubling since 2011. While many locals have finished secondary school, the area still sits well below the state and national figures for Year 12 completion.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
More than half of the population—53.1%—finished Year 12, a figure that rose 14 points since 2011. This is much higher than in most similar areas, though it remains well below the Victorian average of 61.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Inverleigh, Year 12 is the majority at 57%; Year 11 is next at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 24.4% of adults, which is much higher than most similar areas. This represents a jump of 13 points since 2011, though it is still a little below the national figure of 26.3%.
24.4% ▲ +107.0%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 24.4%
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 Inverleigh, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 38%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications for locals are in Engineering and related fields at 14.6%. Other common areas of study include Health, Management and Commerce, Education, and Society and Culture, each around 11%.
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 Inverleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221036/inverleigh/topic/education