32.5% ▲ +1.2%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Elmhurst · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Elmhurst
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just over a third of people in Elmhurst have completed Year 12, which is a much lower rate than in most other areas. This low level of schooling is mirrored in the qualifications data, where far fewer adults hold university degrees compared to the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 32.5% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Victorian rate of 61.8%. About 21.7% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Elmhurst, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 10 (27%) and Year 11 (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 11.6% of the population, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%. The most common high-level qualification is an advanced diploma or diploma at 19%.
11.6% ▼ -10.9%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 11.6%
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 Elmhurst, the largest group is Advanced diploma / diploma at 36%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Certificate III / IV (26%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields of study are health at 13%, followed by engineering and society and culture, which both sit at 8%.
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 areas in this regard.
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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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Elmhurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20861/elmhurst/topic/education