49.5% ▲ +130.1%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 36.5%
- 2021: 49.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Learmonth · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Learmonth
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly half of Learmonth residents have completed Year 12, reflecting a significant rise in schooling levels over the last decade. While these figures are higher than in many similar areas, they remain well below the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rose by 28 points since 2011 to reach 49.5%. Despite this growth, this figure is still far below the Victorian average of 61.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Learmonth, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher rose to 16.2% by 2021. This is higher than most similar areas, though it sits far below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
16.2% ▲ +103.3%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 16.2%
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 Learmonth, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Health is the most common field of study at 19.7%, followed by engineering and related subjects at 11.8% and management and commerce at 9.4%.
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 Learmonth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222041/learmonth/topic/education