33.7% ▲ +3.5%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Waterford Park · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Waterford Park
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Waterford Park compared to the rest of the state. Only 33.7% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is less common here than in most areas, though the rate rose slightly by 1.1 percentage points since 2011. About 25.4% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Waterford Park, the largest group is Year 12 at 38%, followed by Year 10 (28%) and Year 11 (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 7.0% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%. Most qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV, accounting for 52.2% of the group.
7.0% ▲ +42.4%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 7.0%
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 Waterford Park, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and Management and commerce, each making up 17.8% of the total.
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 Waterford Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222099/waterford-park/topic/education