46.2% ▲ +29.2%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.7%
- 2016: 44.7%
- 2021: 46.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Illowa · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Illowa
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Illowa have remained steady over the last decade, though a gap remains between local school completion and university degrees. While 21.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, far fewer residents finished Year 12 compared to the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 46.2% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8% and the national rate of 58.8%. This puts the area around the middle compared to similar places.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Illowa, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 11 (24%) and Year 10 (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 21.1% of adults, which is higher than most similar areas, though this is still well below the 29.2% seen across Victoria. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV at 38.7%.
21.1% ▲ +73.0%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 21.1%
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 Illowa, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (13%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications are spread across several fields, with Health being the most common at 17.2%, followed by Engineering and related fields at 14.1% and Education at 12.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 4 schools within 3km, which is more than 73% of similar areas. These schools are split evenly between government and Catholic sectors, with three out of four being primary schools.
4
Higher than 71% 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).
356
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
992
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Illowa
4 schools — 1,422 students, average ICSEA 992.
By sector: Catholic 2 · Government 2
By type: Primary 3 · Secondary 1
| St John's School, Dennington | Catholic | Primary | 4.1 km | 273 | 1,009 |
| St Patrick's School, Koroit | Catholic | Primary | 5.1 km | 109 | 1,040 |
| Brauer Secondary College, Warrnambool | Government | Secondary | 5.4 km | 866 | 982 |
| Koroit And District Primary School, Koroit | Government | Primary | 5.7 km | 174 | 988 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Illowa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21228/illowa/topic/education