30.9% ▼ -18.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.7%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Elaine · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Elaine
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 30.9% of people in Elaine finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This lack of senior schooling is a defining feature of the area's educational profile. Most adults hold vocational certificates rather than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is much lower than most similar areas, sitting 31 points below the Victorian average. About 21.8% of residents left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Elaine, the largest group is Year 12 at 37%, followed by Year 9 or below (26%) and Year 10 (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 12.6% of the population, which is far below the Australian average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 38.2% of adults.
12.6% ▲ +11.8%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 12.6%
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 Elaine, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Bachelor degree is next at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are engineering and related subjects at 16.4%, followed by health, management, and society and culture, which each account for 10.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school within 3km. This school is much smaller than those in most similar areas, with an average size of 71 students.
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).
71
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
987
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Elaine
1 school — 71 students, average ICSEA 987.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Meredith Primary School, Meredith | Government | Primary | 10.6 km | 71 | 987 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Elaine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20851/elaine/topic/education