37.3% ▲ +23.6%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 37.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Don Valley · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Don Valley
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A jump in university degrees defines the recent trend in Don Valley (L), where the number of adults with a bachelor degree or higher rose 12 points since 2011. While qualifications are improving, the area still sits far below state and national levels for both school and university completion.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 37.3% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the 61.8% seen across Victoria. This figure has climbed by 7.1 points since 2011, though Year 10 remains the highest completed grade for about a quarter of the population.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Don Valley, the largest group is Year 12 at 40%, followed by Year 10 (26%) and Year 11 (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 14.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but still far below the national average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 41% of residents.
14.9% ▲ +353.2%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 14.9%
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 Don Valley, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Health is the most common field of study at 16%, followed by architecture and building at 13.3%. Engineering and management both account for 12.8% of qualifications.
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 Don Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222019/don-valley/topic/education