87.9% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 84.8%
- 2021: 87.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Elevated Plains · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Elevated Plains
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 29 percentage points separates the high school completion rate in Elevated Plains from the national figure. This area is highly educated, with a large proportion of residents holding university degrees and an exceptionally high rate of Year 12 graduates.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is very high at 87.9%, which is far above both the Victorian figure of 61.8% and the Australian average of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Elevated Plains, Year 12 is the majority at 91%; Year 11 is next at 9%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are common here, as 40.0% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far above the national figure of 26.3%.
40.0% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Elevated Plains splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (33%) and Postgraduate degree (30%), with Bachelor degree at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The highest qualifications held by residents are spread across several fields, including engineering, architecture, and society and culture, each making up 14.3% of the total.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two government schools within 3 km of the area, and they have an average advantage score of 1,006, which is higher than most areas.
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).
230
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,006
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Elevated Plains
2 schools — 459 students, average ICSEA 1,006.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 1 · Secondary 1
| Hepburn Primary School, Hepburn | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 42 | 1,001 |
| Daylesford Secondary College, Daylesford | Government | Secondary | 4.5 km | 417 | 1,007 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Elevated Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20853/elevated-plains/topic/education