30.0% ▲ +24.5%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Elmore · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Elmore
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 30% of residents in Elmore have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This suggests a community where many people leave school early or move into trade and practical work. This trend is mirrored in the qualifications data, where university degrees are much less common than in most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the state and national figures, at just 30%. Roughly 24% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10, while 16% left at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Elmore, the largest group is Year 12 at 35%, followed by Year 10 (28%) and Year 9 or below (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 11.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Victorian average. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 37.2% of residents.
11.4% ▲ +47.6%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 11.4%
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 Elmore, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are management and commerce at 10.4%, followed closely by engineering at 10.2% and education at 9.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Elmore has two primary schools within 3 km, providing a high number of schools per child compared to similar areas. These schools are small, with an average of 28 students, and are split evenly between government and Catholic providers.
14.39
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
28
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
983
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Elmore
2 schools — 56 students, average ICSEA 983.
By sector: Government 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2
| Elmore Primary School, Elmore | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 30 | 959 |
| Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Primary, Elmore | Catholic | Primary | 4.8 km | 26 | 1,010 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Elmore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20862/elmore/topic/education