56.8% ▲ +127.0%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 42.7%
- 2021: 56.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Sandy Point · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Sandy Point
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher levels of learning are common in Sandy Point, where the share of adults with a university degree is among the highest of similar areas. This shift is striking, as the proportion of people with a bachelor degree or higher jumped 23 percentage points since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
More than half of residents have finished Year 12, a figure that rose 32 percentage points since 2011. Despite this growth, the 56.8% rate remains well below the Victorian average of 61.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Sandy Point, Year 12 is the majority at 63%; Year 11 is next at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 27.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is about the same as the national figure. The most common high-level qualifications are bachelor degrees at 26.2% and certificate III or IVs at 22.8%.
27.2% ▲ +489.2%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Sandy Point splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (34%) and Certificate III / IV (30%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Sandy Point are spread across several fields, with health (16.8%) and education (16.1%) being the most common, followed by management and commerce at 12.1%.
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 Sandy Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222081/sandy-point/topic/education