Indicator: Overall Education

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What we know from research

What the data indicates about Mildura
OVERALL EDUCATION
In addition to examining what is happening educationally to young people aged 17 to 24 years today, it is also important to consider the overall levels of education within each sub-region.
There is a marked difference between the rate of completion of high school in Melbourne and Regional Victoria, especially within several of Mildura’s sub-regions. The proportion of the population over fifteen years who have completed Year 12 in Melbourne (48.2%) is 1.6 times the proportion in Regional Victoria (30.8%), a pattern to which Mildura Central and Irymple fairly closely conform. However, the Year 12 rate in Melbourne is at least double and as many as 2.3 times greater than in Merbein, Red Cliffs, Ouyen and Wentworth. These differences are matched at the other end of the education scale. The proportion of Melbourne’s population over fifteen years who had not been to school or left in Year 9 or earlier was 20.4%. Mildura’s sub-regions exceeded this figure between 1.5 and 1.6 times (Mildura Central, Irymple, Red Cliffs and Merbein) and 1.7/1.8 times (Ouyen and Wentworth).

LEVEL OF SCHOOLING ATTAINED BY RESIDENTS OVER 15 EXCLUDING THOSE STILL AT SCHOOL*
Source: B12 2001 Census of Population and Housing

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Last Updated: Tuesday, 6 February 2007