51.9% ▲ +91.1%
Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 44.6%
- 2021: 51.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Buln Buln · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Buln Buln
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A jump of 25 percentage points in Year 12 completions since 2011 marks a major shift in education for Buln Buln (L). While still well below the Victorian figure, more than half of residents have now finished high school. This trend is mirrored in higher education, where university degrees have also become far more common over the last decade.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 51.9% of people completed Year 12, which is much higher than most similar areas but well below the national figure of 58.8%. Other residents finished their schooling at Year 11 (17.4%) or Year 10 (14.3%).
Highest year of school
View on map →In Buln Buln, Year 12 is the majority at 54%; Year 11 is next at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees or higher are held by 22.9% of adults, a figure that has risen 15 points since 2011. While this is much higher than in similar areas, it remains well below Victoria's 29.2%, with Certificate III or IV being the most common qualification at 39.4%.
22.9% ▲ +178.0%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 22.9%
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 Buln Buln, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (31%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (10%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are health (17.6%) and engineering and related fields (15.2%). Architecture and building (12.1%) and management and commerce (11.5%) also make up a significant share.
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 Buln Buln [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222011/buln-buln/topic/education