56.5% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 53.4%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 56.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kialla West · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Kialla West
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly 46% of qualified adults in Kialla West hold a Certificate III or IV, making these trade and vocational skills the most common qualification. While degree rates are far below the state and national figures, the area has seen a steady rise in both university qualifications and Year 12 completions over the last decade.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 56.5% of residents finished Year 12, which is much higher than most similar areas, though this remains a little below the national figure. This rate rose 3.1 percentage points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Kialla West, Year 12 is the majority at 60%; Year 10 is next at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
People with a bachelor degree or higher make up 15.6% of the population, a figure that is far below the Victorian average. Despite this gap, the proportion of residents with degrees rose 1.8 percentage points since 2011.
15.6% ▲ +13.2%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 15.6%
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 Kialla West, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Kialla West are most often in Engineering and related fields (22%) and Health (17.4%), followed by Management and commerce at 10.1%.
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 Kialla West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222038/kialla-west/topic/education