50.1% ▲ +88.5%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 50.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Sunset Strip · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Sunset Strip
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than a third of adults in Sunset Strip hold a Certificate III or IV, the most common qualification in the area. While university degrees are less common than in the rest of the state, school completion has jumped significantly in recent years. The area is now much more likely to have Year 12 graduates than most similar places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Half of residents have completed Year 12, a figure that rose 24 points since 2011. However, this is still far below the Victorian rate of 61.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Sunset Strip, Year 12 is the majority at 54%; Year 10 is next at 22%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 12.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. This is a slight increase from 2011, when it stood at 8.8%.
12.7% ▲ +45.3%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 12.7%
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 Sunset Strip, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (25%) and Bachelor degree (14%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 14.1%. Society and culture follow at 12.9%, with Education and Management both at 11.7%.
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 Sunset Strip [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221068/sunset-strip/topic/education