36.4% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Avonmore · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Avonmore
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels have remained low in Avonmore, where only 10.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The area is marked by a significant gap in school completion compared to the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 36.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian rate of 61.8%. About a third of the population finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Avonmore splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (34%) and Year 9 or below (31%), with Year 10 at 26%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a university degree is far below the state and national averages, sitting at just 10.3%.
10.3% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 10.3%
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 Avonmore, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 73%; Bachelor degree is next at 27%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Engineering & related at 26%, ahead of Management & commerce (21%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two primary schools within 3km, which is more than most similar areas. These schools are small, with an average of 28 students, and are split evenly between government and Catholic sectors.
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).
28
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
983
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Avonmore
2 schools — 56 students, average ICSEA 983.
By sector: Government 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2
| Elmore Primary School, Elmore | Government | Primary | 7.2 km | 30 | 959 |
| Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Primary, Elmore | Catholic | Primary | 8.0 km | 26 | 1,010 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Avonmore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20090/avonmore/topic/education