32.9% ▼ -2.2%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Rawson · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Rawson
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A fall in university qualifications marks the recent shift in Rawson (L), where only 7.8% of adults now hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is a small area where far fewer people have finished Year 12 compared to the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 32.9% of residents have completed Year 12, a figure that is far below the Victorian average of 61.8% and has barely changed since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Rawson, the largest group is Year 12 at 35%, followed by Year 10 (27%) and Year 9 or below (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are much less common here than in most areas, with the typical qualification being a Certificate III or IV, held by 53.6% of adults.
7.8% ▼ -28.6%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 7.8%
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 Rawson, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 66%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 11%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are engineering and related subjects at 20.9%, followed by society and culture at 17.3%.
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 Rawson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222078/rawson/topic/education