37.1% ▲ +63.8%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 37.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Athlone · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Athlone
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Athlone have completed high school or university compared to most similar areas. Only 37.1% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend carries through to higher education, where university degrees are much less common than in the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 37.1% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian average of 61.8%. About 19% of the population finished Year 11, while 17.1% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Athlone, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 11 (22%) and Year 9 or below (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here, with only 8.9% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%, though Certificate III or IV qualifications are more common at 39.4%.
8.9% ▲ +57.7%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 8.9%
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 Athlone, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 64%; Bachelor degree is next at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study in the area are engineering and related topics at 14.1%, followed by education at 11.3%. Architecture, building, and social sciences each account for 8.5% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km, but its average size of 43 students is much lower than most areas. The average school advantage score of 943 is also much lower than in similar places.
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).
43
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
943
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Athlone
1 school — 43 students, average ICSEA 943.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Ripplebrook Primary School, Ripplebrook | Government | Primary | 5.0 km | 43 | 943 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Athlone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20081/athlone/topic/education