46.1% ▲ +25.7%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.7%
- 2016: 39.6%
- 2021: 46.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Elliminyt · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Elliminyt
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Elliminyt finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with only 46.1% completing Year 12. This gap is seen across the board, as the area also has a much lower rate of university degrees than the state or national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 46.1% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8% and the national rate of 58.8%. About 18.8% of people stopped at Year 10, while 13.5% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Elliminyt, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (19%) and Year 11 (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 14.9% of the population, far below the 29.2% seen across Victoria. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 41.3% of residents.
14.9% ▲ +49.3%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 14.9%
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 Elliminyt, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 15.0%. Management and commerce follow at 14.0%, while Health, Education, and Society and Culture each account for about 13%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has nine schools within 3 km, which is more than about 81% of similar places. Most of these are government primary schools, and the average school size is 283 students.
3.07
Lower than 56% 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).
283
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
991
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Elliminyt
9 schools — 2,550 students, average ICSEA 991.
By sector: Government 6 · Catholic 3
By type: Primary 6 · Secondary 2 · Combined 1
| Elliminyt Primary School, Elliminyt | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 229 | 996 |
| Sacred Heart School, Elliminyt | Catholic | Primary | 2.0 km | 398 | 1,025 |
| Trinity College Colac, Colac | Catholic | Secondary | 2.2 km | 744 | 1,015 |
| Colac Secondary College, Colac | Government | Secondary | 2.4 km | 476 | 955 |
| Colac South West Primary School, Colac | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 129 | 948 |
| Colac West Primary School, Colac | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 62 | 899 |
| Lake Colac School, Colac | Government | Combined | 4.0 km | 82 | 933 |
| St Mary's School, Colac | Catholic | Primary | 4.1 km | 266 | 1,025 |
| Colac Primary School, Colac | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 164 | 946 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Elliminyt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20859/elliminyt/topic/education