32.7% ▲ +11.5%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 46.4%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Penshurst · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Penshurst
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher education levels have risen in Penshurst since 2011, though overall qualifications remain low. Only 32.7% of residents have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rose 3.4 points since 2011 to reach 32.7%. This is far below the 61.8% seen across Victoria, with many residents instead finishing at Year 10 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Penshurst, the largest group is Year 12 at 36%, followed by Year 10 (23%) and Year 11 (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 9.0% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the Australian average. While this rose 2.1 points since 2011, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV at 35.5%.
9.0% ▲ +30.6%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 9.0%
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 Penshurst, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (22%) and Bachelor degree (13%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are Engineering and related subjects at 17.5%, followed by Health at 10.9% and Management and commerce at 10.4%.
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 Penshurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222069/penshurst/topic/education