35.5% ▲ +80.6%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 58.3%
- 2021: 35.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Talbot · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Talbot
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Talbot have finished high school or university compared to the state and national figures. Only 35.5% of residents have completed Year 12, though this is a significant jump from 19.6% in 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rates are far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%, with about 24.6% of residents reaching Year 9 or below as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Talbot, the largest group is Year 12 at 38%, followed by Year 9 or below (27%) and Year 10 (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 10.4% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. This is an improvement on 2011, when only 2.9% held such a degree.
10.4% ▲ +254.3%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 10.4%
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 Talbot, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications held by residents are in Engineering and related fields at 15%, followed by Health at 12%.
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 Talbot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222088/talbot/topic/education