55.2% ▲ +46.3%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.7%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 55.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Harrietville · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Harrietville
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A jump of 19 percentage points in university degrees since 2011 marks a major shift in the educational profile of Harrietville. While the typical resident has higher qualifications than those in most similar areas, the town still sits below the Victorian state average for Year 12 completions.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
More than half of residents have finished Year 12, a figure that rose 17 points since 2011. Despite this growth, the 55.2% completion rate remains well below the Victorian figure of 61.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Harrietville, Year 12 is the majority at 65%; Year 11 is next at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 25.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is much higher than most similar areas and about the same as the national figure. Trade certificates are the most common qualification, held by 28.4% of the population.
25.4% ▲ +295.9%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 25.4%
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 Harrietville, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 36%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with management and commerce being the most common at 14.2%. Food, hospitality and personal services follow at 11.5%.
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 Harrietville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222033/harrietville/topic/education