27.3% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ensay · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 27.3% of people in Ensay have completed Year 12, which is far below both the state and national figures. This low rate of secondary school completion is a standout feature for the area, which also has a lower proportion of university degrees compared to the rest of the country.
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is among the lowest for similar areas, sitting far below the Victorian rate of 61.8%. About 22.7% of residents left school in Year 9 or earlier.
27.3% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ensay splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (27%) and Year 10 (26%), with Year 11 at 24%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 12.6% of the population, which is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 36.1% of residents.
12.6% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Ensay, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (20%) and Bachelor degree (15%).
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related subjects being the most common at 20.8%, followed by Agriculture and Health at 16.7% each.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller for educational facilities than about 59% of similar areas.
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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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ensay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20875/ensay/topic/education