48.9% ▲ +94.4%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 40.9%
- 2021: 48.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount Buller · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Mount Buller
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly half of all residents in Mount Buller have finished Year 12, which is a much higher rate than in most similar areas. This reflects a trend toward higher schooling levels in the area, with the proportion of people completing Year 12 rising by 24 points since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 48.9% of people completed Year 12, a figure that is far below the Victorian average of 61.8%. This is the most common highest school year reached in the area, while only 4.3% stopped at Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mount Buller, Year 12 is the majority at 88%; Year 11 is next at 8%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are more common here than in most similar areas, with 18.2% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well below the national figure of 26.3%, though the proportion has risen 11 points since 2011.
18.2% ▲ +149.3%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 18.2%
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 Mount Buller, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 46%, followed by Certificate III / IV (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are management and commerce at 11.9%, followed by creative arts at 6.6% and society and culture at 5.7%.
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 Mount Buller [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222056/mount-buller/topic/education