46.5% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 46.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Gainsborough · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Gainsborough
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly half of adults in Gainsborough hold a Certificate III or IV, the most common qualification in the area. The community generally has lower levels of formal schooling and university degrees than the state and national figures. This is reflected in the local profile, where vocational training is much more common than higher degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of residents, 46.5%, finished Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. About 39.5% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Gainsborough, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 10 (43%) and Year 11 (8%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 9.3% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the 26.3% national average. Most qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV, making up 48.5% of the group.
9.3% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 9.3%
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 Gainsborough, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 64%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are health (15.2%) and engineering (12.1%), followed by architecture, building, management, and commerce.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Gainsborough has three primary schools within 3km, which is more than 70% of similar areas. These schools are all government-run and tend to be much smaller than most others.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
73
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
996
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Gainsborough
3 schools — 218 students, average ICSEA 996.
By sector: Government 3
By type: Primary 3
| Bona Vista Primary School, Bona Vista | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 17 | 916 |
| Ellinbank Primary School, Ellinbank | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 26 | 985 |
| Darnum Primary School, Darnum | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 175 | 1,006 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Gainsborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20962/gainsborough/topic/education