60.8% ▼ -8.1%
Higher than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 66.2%
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 60.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Panton Hill · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Panton Hill
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher education has become much more common in Panton Hill, where nearly one in four adults now holds a university degree. While school completion rates have dipped slightly since 2011, the area remains well-educated compared to many similar places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 60.8% of residents finished Year 12, which is a little above the national figure. This is among the highest rates for areas of this type, though it fell 5.4 points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Panton Hill, Year 12 is the majority at 67%; Year 10 is next at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The number of adults with a bachelor degree or higher rose 12 points since 2011 to reach 23.4%. This is much higher than most similar areas, although it remains well below the Victorian average of 29.2%.
23.4% ▲ +107.6%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 23.4%
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 Panton Hill, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 34%, followed by Bachelor degree (29%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (23%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with the most common being engineering at 13.8% and health at 12.9%. Architecture, education, and management each account for 10.3% of degrees.
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 Panton Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222068/panton-hill/topic/education