32.8% ▲ +13.1%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Eildon · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Eildon
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
About 43% of qualified adults in Eildon hold a Certificate III or IV, the most common qualification in the area. This is a community where fewer people have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the state and country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 32.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8% and much lower than most similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Eildon, the largest group is Year 12 at 36%, followed by Year 10 (25%) and Year 11 (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 9.8%, far below the national figure of 26.3%.
9.8% ▲ +56.9%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 9.8%
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 Eildon, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are engineering and related subjects at 19.4%, followed by management and commerce at 10.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Eildon has 10.31 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most areas, though the only school is a small government primary school with a typical size of 16 students.
10.31
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
16
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
985
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Eildon
1 school — 16 students, average ICSEA 985.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Eildon Primary School, Eildon | Government | Primary | 18.1 km | 16 | 985 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Eildon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20850/eildon/topic/education