45.5% ▲ +36.4%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 40.6%
- 2021: 45.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Elands · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Elands
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More adults in Elands hold university degrees than in most similar areas, although the typical resident is far less likely to have finished Year 12 than the national figure. This creates a unique educational profile where about 20% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher despite lower secondary school completion rates.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 45.5% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% national average. For many others, Year 10 was their final school year, accounting for 24% of the population.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Elands, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 10 is next at 27%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 20.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is more common here than in most similar areas. However, this remains well below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%.
20.1% ▲ +59.6%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 20.1%
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 Elands, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 31%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (24%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are Engineering and related subjects at 19.6%, followed closely by Education at 18.6% and Architecture and building at 11.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is among the smallest of its kind with an average size of just 15 students. This results in a very high number of schools per 1,000 children compared to similar areas.
43.48
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
1
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools serving the area — within 3 km of small areas, or inside larger ones. A measure of access (catchments overlap, so don't add it across areas).
15
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
976
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Elands
1 school — 15 students, average ICSEA 976.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Elands Public School, Elands | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 15 | 976 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Elands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11391/elands/topic/education