36.6% ▲ +30.4%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Holbrook · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Holbrook
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 22 percentage points separates Holbrook from the state and national figures for Year 12 completions. Only 36.6% of residents finished their final year of school, and the area has a much lower share of university degrees than most similar places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Far fewer people finished Year 12 here than in the rest of Australia, where the figure is 58.8%. About 28.1% of residents peaked at Year 10, while 15.8% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Holbrook, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 9 or below (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are far below the state average, with only 10.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 37.6% of people.
10.7% ▲ +54.2%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 10.7%
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 Holbrook, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with Engineering leading at 14.4%, followed by Management and Commerce at 11.9% and Agriculture and Environment at 10.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Holbrook has more schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though the average school size is much smaller at 78 students. There are two primary schools within 3km, split evenly between government and Catholic sectors.
7.91
Higher than 71% 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).
78
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
993
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Holbrook
2 schools — 156 students, average ICSEA 993.
By sector: Government 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2
| Holbrook Public School, Holbrook | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 121 | 1,003 |
| St Patrick's Primary School, Holbrook | Catholic | Primary | 4.7 km | 35 | 959 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Holbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11927/holbrook/topic/education