27.6% ▼ -3.6%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Loch Sport · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Loch Sport
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Loch Sport have completed high school or university compared to the rest of the state. Only 27.6% of residents finished Year 12, a figure far below the Victorian average. This gap is seen across most education levels, although the number of people with university degrees has risen slightly since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 27.6% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the 61.8% seen across Victoria. This figure fell by 1 point since 2011, and nearly 20% of residents left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →Loch Sport splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (30%) and Year 10 (30%), with Year 9 or below at 22%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 8.7% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 40.6% of residents.
8.7% ▲ +28.5%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 8.7%
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 Loch Sport, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with a qualification, the most common fields are engineering and related subjects at 19.6%, followed by management and commerce at 10.8% and health at 10.2%.
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 Loch Sport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221043/loch-sport/topic/education