65.5% ▲ +11.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.7%
- 2016: 55.1%
- 2021: 65.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Eltham · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Eltham
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Over 65% of adults in Eltham have completed Year 12, which is well above the national figure. This high level of schooling is reflected in a population where university degrees are much more common than in most similar areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 65.5%, which is well above both the New South Wales and Australian figures. Only 3.8% of residents finished their schooling at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Eltham, Year 12 is the majority at 69%; Year 10 is next at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area is highly qualified, with 31.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the national average of 26.3%, with bachelor degrees being the most common qualification at 35.3%.
31.7% ▲ +20.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 31.7%
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 Eltham, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 42%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (22%) and Certificate III / IV (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are management and commerce at 16.3%, followed by health at 12.6% and society and culture at 12.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local primary schools are much smaller than most, with an average size of 73 students, yet they have a much higher advantage score than most areas. There are 20.41 schools per 1,000 children, all of which are government primary schools.
20.41
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
73
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,064
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Eltham
2 schools — 145 students, average ICSEA 1,064.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Eltham Public School, Eltham | Government | Primary | 0.5 km | 59 | 1,075 |
| Clunes Public School, Clunes | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 86 | 1,056 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Eltham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11412/eltham/topic/education