28.7% ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ellenborough · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Ellenborough
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 28.7% of people in Ellenborough have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This reflects a local trend where many adults have left school early or hold trade certificates rather than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%, with 38% of residents listing Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Ellenborough, the largest group is Year 10 at 44%, followed by Year 12 (33%) and Year 9 or below (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 9.5% of the population, which is far below the Australian average. Instead, Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 38.9% of residents.
9.5% ▲ +75.5%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 9.5%
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 Ellenborough, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are management and commerce at 15.6%, followed by engineering at 13.3% and architecture and building at 11.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is much smaller than most similar schools with an average size of 36 students.
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).
36
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
887
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Ellenborough
1 school — 36 students, average ICSEA 887.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Long Flat Public School, Long Flat | Government | Primary | 9.0 km | 36 | 887 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ellenborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11404/ellenborough/topic/education