32.2% ▲ +73.3%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Stanhope · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Stanhope
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement for adults in Stanhope. While school and university completion rates are far below the national figures, more people have finished Year 12 than in previous years. This shift is part of a general trend toward higher qualifications across the area.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 32.2% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the 61.8% seen across Victoria. However, this figure has rose 14 points since 2011, when it was just 18.6%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Stanhope, the largest group is Year 12 at 36%, followed by Year 9 or below (23%) and Year 11 (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 8.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, though it has rose 4.4 points since 2011.
8.7% ▲ +101.3%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 8.7%
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 Stanhope, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Bachelor degree is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related subjects at 18.0%, followed by Management and commerce at 12.0%.
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 Stanhope [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222087/stanhope/topic/education