61.0% ▲ +67.5%
Higher than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.4%
- 2016: 38.4%
- 2021: 61.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount Hotham · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Mount Hotham
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A huge jump in school completion marks the biggest change for Mount Hotham, where the share of people finishing Year 12 rose by 25 points since 2011. Most adults now hold a qualification, though the typical level of schooling varies widely across the small population.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rose sharply to 61.0% since 2011, which is about the same as the Victorian figure and a little above the national average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mount Hotham, Year 12 is the majority at 82%; Year 11 is next at 11%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
While a bachelor degree or higher is held by 22.7% of adults—much higher than most similar areas—this is still well below the Victorian and Australian figures.
22.7% ▲ +11.4%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 22.7%
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 Hotham, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (29%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (12%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce and food, hospitality and personal services, each held by 12.0% of qualified residents.
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 Hotham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222058/mount-hotham/topic/education