33.8% ▼ -11.2%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 38.1%
- 2016: 50.5%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wycheproof · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Wycheproof
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Wycheproof have finished high school or university than in most other areas, which shapes the local skill set. Only 33.8% of people completed Year 12, a figure that has fallen since 2011. This trend is mirrored in higher education, where university degrees are far less common than the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is far less common here than in the rest of Victoria, with only 33.8% of residents reaching this milestone. This is 28 points below the state average and represents a 4.3 point drop since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wycheproof, the largest group is Year 12 at 39%, followed by Year 11 (25%) and Year 10 (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 10.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 34.8% of the community.
10.9% ▼ -23.5%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 10.9%
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 Wycheproof, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Wycheproof are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most frequent at 13.0%. This is followed by Management and commerce at 10.3% and Health at 9.9%.
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 Wycheproof [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221081/wycheproof/topic/education