57.1% ▲ +58.1%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.1%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 57.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Port Campbell · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Port Campbell
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A huge 21 percentage point rise in high school completion since 2011 defines the educational trend in Port Campbell. Most residents now finish their schooling, and about a quarter of adults hold a university degree, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rose to 57.1%, which is much higher than most similar areas, though still a little below the national figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Port Campbell, Year 12 is the majority at 65%; Year 11 is next at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 25.4% of the population, a figure that has jumped 13 points since 2011 and is much higher than in similar areas.
25.4% ▲ +103.2%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 25.4%
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 Port Campbell, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 34%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across various fields, with engineering and related studies being the most common at 16.7%, followed by education at 15.1%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Port Campbell
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Port Campbell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222073/port-campbell/topic/education