29.6% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Illabarook · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Illabarook
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Few residents in Illabarook have finished high school compared to other similar areas. Only 29.6% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend is reflected in higher education, with university degrees being much less common here than across Victoria.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the state average, at just 29.6%. Among those who left school, 25.9% finished Year 10 and 14.8% finished Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Illabarook, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (37%) and Year 11 (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13.3% of the population. This is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%, though it is around the middle for areas of this type.
13.3% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 13.3%
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 Illabarook, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 38%, followed by Bachelor degree (31%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (31%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Engineering & related at 31%, ahead of Society & culture (19%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one primary school, which is a government school. With an average size of 13 students, it is among the smallest schools at this level.
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).
13
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
977
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Illabarook
1 school — 13 students, average ICSEA 977.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Cape Clear Primary School, Cape Clear | Government | Primary | 5.3 km | 13 | 977 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Illabarook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21226/illabarook/topic/education