41.3% ▲ +19.8%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 41.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Pyalong · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Pyalong
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 41.3% of residents in Pyalong have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This indicates a local workforce with a strong focus on practical skills rather than formal academic degrees. Most people here hold vocational certificates instead of university qualifications.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rates rose 6.8 percentage points since 2011 to reach 41.3%. This remains far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%, with about 20% of residents having Year 10 as their highest school level.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Pyalong, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (22%) and Year 11 (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 9.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national average of 26.3%. Practical training is much more common here, with 44.8% of the community holding a Certificate III or IV.
9.7% ▼ -10.1%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 9.7%
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 Pyalong, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 59%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common areas of study are Engineering and related fields at 15.1%. Architecture, building, management, and commerce follow, each making up 11.6% of qualifications.
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 Pyalong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222075/pyalong/topic/education