49.3% ▲ +42.7%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 36.9%
- 2021: 49.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Allendale · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Allendale
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people in Allendale hold high-level qualifications than in most similar areas, though school completion rates are low. While 23.3% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, only 49.3% of residents finished Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Almost half of residents finished Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the national figure of 58.8%. About 18.7% of the population stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Allendale, Year 12 is the majority at 56%; Year 10 is next at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is much higher than in similar areas, though it remains well below the Victoria figure of 29.2%. Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification, held by 36.6% of people.
23.3% ▲ +229.7%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 23.3%
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 Allendale, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 39%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (21%) and Bachelor degree (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Allendale are spread across several fields, with Engineering (15.8%), Health (13.9%), and Society and Culture (13.9%) being the most common.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, a fact that makes it smaller than about 59% of similar areas.
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Lower than 99% 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).
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Allendale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20029/allendale/topic/education