59.0% ▲ +61.2%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.6%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 59.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Trentham · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Trentham
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A surge in university degrees is the main story for Trentham, where the share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher rose by 21 percentage points since 2011. This has left the area with a highly qualified population, well above the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion has jumped 22 points since 2011 to reach 59.0%. This is among the highest levels for similar areas and sits about the same as the Australian average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Trentham, Year 12 is the majority at 66%; Year 10 is next at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The typical resident is well qualified, with 31.4% holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is a little above the Victorian average and much higher than the national figure.
31.4% ▲ +189.0%
Higher than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 31.4%
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 Trentham, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 32%, followed by Certificate III / IV (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (22%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across various fields, with society and culture being the most common at 17.9%, followed by management and commerce at 13.3%.
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 Trentham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221074/trentham/topic/education