17.3% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Amherst · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Amherst
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Very few adults in Amherst have completed high school or university, which shapes the local skill set. Only 17.3% of residents finished Year 12, and no one in the area holds a bachelor's degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 10 is the most common point where residents left school, accounting for 40.4% of the population. This means the proportion of people completing Year 12 is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Amherst, Year 10 is the majority at 54%; Year 12 is next at 23%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No one in the community holds a bachelor's degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Instead, Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification, held by 40% of adults.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Amherst, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications have focused heavily on practical fields, with 20% studying agriculture and environment. Health and society and culture each make up 12% of the qualifications held.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The local primary school is a government institution and is much smaller than most, with an average size of 37 students. It also has a school advantage score of 905, which is much lower than most areas.
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).
37
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
905
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Amherst
1 school — 37 students, average ICSEA 905.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Talbot Primary School, Talbot | Government | Primary | 5.4 km | 37 | 905 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Amherst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20039/amherst/topic/education