44.4% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 46.3%
- 2021: 44.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ercildoune · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Ercildoune
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Ercildoune have finished high school than in most other parts of the country. Only 44.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. However, the area has a higher share of adults with university degrees than many similar small towns.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 44.4% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the same figure for Victoria and Australia. For those who didn't finish high school, 17.5% reached Year 10 and 9.5% reached Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Ercildoune, Year 12 is the majority at 58%; Year 10 is next at 23%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 17.4%, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the national average. Trade certificates are the most common qualification, held by 39.2% of residents.
17.4% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 17.4%
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 Ercildoune, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Graduate diploma / certificate is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with management and commerce being the most common at 15.7%. Architecture, agriculture, education, and society and culture each account for 11.8% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
One government primary school serves the area, though it is much smaller than schools in most other areas with a typical size of 53 students. This school has a lower advantage score than most.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
53
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
967
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Ercildoune
1 school — 53 students, average ICSEA 967.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Waubra Primary School, Waubra | Government | Primary | 8.2 km | 53 | 967 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ercildoune [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20880/ercildoune/topic/education