39.3% ▲ +24.7%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 39.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Echuca · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Echuca
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly 40% of people in Echuca finished Year 12, though this is far below the Victorian and national figures. The area has a mix of qualifications, but overall school completion and university degrees are much lower than the state average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 39.3% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the 61.8% seen across Victoria. Roughly 20% of the population left school at Year 10, and 15.8% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Echuca, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 10 (22%) and Year 11 (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 14.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the 29.2% average for Victoria. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 38.4% of residents.
14.1% ▲ +38.4%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 14.1%
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 Echuca, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are engineering and related subjects at 15.3%, followed by health at 12.5% and management and commerce at 12.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Echuca has nine schools within 3km, which is more than about 81% of similar areas. While the average school size is higher than most, there are only 2.77 schools per 1,000 children.
2.77
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
9
Higher than 78% 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).
469
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
998
Higher 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 Echuca
9 schools — 4,224 students, average ICSEA 998.
By sector: Government 6 · Catholic 2 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 5 · Secondary 2 · Combined 2
| Echuca East Primary School, Echuca | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 294 | 924 |
| Echuca Primary School, Echuca | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 525 | 997 |
| Echuca College, Echuca | Government | Secondary | 3.4 km | 584 | 928 |
| Echuca Twin Rivers Specialist School, Echuca | Government | Combined | 3.4 km | 106 | 885 |
| Echuca Twin Rivers Primary School, Echuca | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 179 | 902 |
| St Mary's School, Echuca | Catholic | Primary | 3.6 km | 568 | 1,041 |
| St Joseph's College - Brigidine Campus, Echuca | Catholic | Secondary | 4.3 km | 1,134 | 1,022 |
| Moama Public School, Moama | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 113 | 889 |
| Moama Anglican Grammar School, Moama | Independent | Combined | 6.0 km | 721 | 1,072 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Echuca [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20838/echuca/topic/education