30.9% ▼ -44.1%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 55.3%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Rupanyup · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Rupanyup
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 30.9% of people in Rupanyup have finished Year 12, a figure that has fallen 24 points since 2011. This makes the area's school completion rate far below both the state and national figures. While a fair few residents hold vocational certificates, higher degrees are less common here than in most of Victoria.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Far fewer people have finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with 30.9% completing Year 12. This is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%, and the rate has dropped significantly since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Rupanyup, the largest group is Year 12 at 34%, followed by Year 10 (24%) and Year 11 (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 11.3%, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 35.3% of residents.
11.3% ▼ -19.4%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 11.3%
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 Rupanyup, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Bachelor degree is next at 24%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common qualifications at 15.5%, followed by Health at 13.9% and Education at 10.7%.
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 Rupanyup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222080/rupanyup/topic/education