62.5% ▲ +322.2%
Higher than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 50.2%
- 2021: 62.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Blackwood · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Blackwood
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Well above the national average for high-level schooling, Blackwood (L) is a highly educated area. The typical resident is far more likely to hold a university degree than those in the rest of Australia, with 30.8% of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion has soared here, rising from 14.8% in 2011 to 62.5% in 2021. This result is among the highest for similar areas and is well above the Australian figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Blackwood, Year 12 is the majority at 69%; Year 10 is next at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications have grown sharply since 2011, with 30.8% of adults now holding a bachelor's degree or higher. This is a little above the Victorian average and significantly higher than the national figure.
30.8% ▲ —
Higher than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Blackwood splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (34%) and Certificate III / IV (34%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 14%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with society and culture being the most common at 18.7%. Creative arts follow at 12.3%, while engineering, health, and management each account for 9.1%.
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 Blackwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222008/blackwood/topic/education