37.9% ▲ +95.1%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 53.0%
- 2021: 37.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Rainbow · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Rainbow
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Rainbow (L) have finished high school or university compared to the state and national figures. While 37.9% of residents have completed Year 12, this is far below the Victorian average of 61.8%. Despite these gaps, education levels have improved significantly over the last decade.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rates rose by 18 points since 2011 to reach 37.9%. This remains far below the Australian figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Rainbow, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (21%) and Year 9 or below (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 12.3% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. This proportion rose by 9 points since 2011, with Certificate III or IV being the most common qualification at 36.8%.
12.3% ▲ +274.5%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 12.3%
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 Rainbow, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are Health at 15%, followed by Society and Culture at 12.7% and Education at 11.4%.
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 Rainbow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222077/rainbow/topic/education