44.6% ▲ +11.6%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.0%
- 2016: 39.8%
- 2021: 44.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ellerslie · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Ellerslie
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Ellerslie have finished high school compared to the rest of the state. Only 44.6% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. This lower rate of schooling is mirrored in the local qualification levels, where university degrees are much less common than the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of residents finished Year 12, a figure far below both the state and national levels. About 25.6% of the community stopped their schooling at Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Ellerslie, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 11 (26%) and Year 10 (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 16.5% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well below the Australian average, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most frequent, held by 34.5% of people.
16.5% ▲ +63.6%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 16.5%
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 Ellerslie, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 41%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Local qualifications are diverse, with the most common fields being agriculture and environment at 19.0% and health at 15.5%. Management and commerce qualifications follow at 11.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar places.
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Lower than 99% 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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ellerslie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20858/ellerslie/topic/education