41.9% ▼ -7.2%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 45.2%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 41.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Little River · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Little River
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people in Little River (L) finished Year 12 than in most similar areas, though the overall schooling rate remains low. Just 41.9% of residents completed their final year of high school, and the typical qualification is a Certificate III or IV.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion fell 3.2 points since 2011 to reach 41.9%, a figure far below the national rate of 58.8%. About 25% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Little River, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (28%) and Year 11 (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by 11.2% of adults, which is far below the Victorian figure of 29.2%. This proportion has risen slightly by 1.2 points since 2011.
11.2% ▲ +12.2%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 11.2%
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 Little River, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are Engineering and related subjects at 22.2%, followed by Management and commerce and Society and culture, both at 11.1%.
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 Little River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222045/little-river/topic/education