47.6% ▲ +13.2%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 42.0%
- 2016: 46.1%
- 2021: 47.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Maryknoll · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Maryknoll
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly half of the people in Maryknoll (L) have finished Year 12, a result that is much higher than most similar areas. While the area has a strong record of school completion, it still sits far below the Victorian and national averages for high school and university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Forty-seven point six per cent of residents completed Year 12, which is a rise of 5.6 points since 2011. This is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8% and the Australian average of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Maryknoll, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 10 is next at 23%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 17.7% of the population, which is much higher than similar areas but well below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 40.5% of residents.
17.7% ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 17.7%
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 Maryknoll, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are varied, with Engineering and related fields being the most common at 17.3%. Architecture and building follow at 12.2%, with Education and Health both 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 Maryknoll [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221047/maryknoll/topic/education