45.7% ▲ +54.1%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 45.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Learmonth · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Learmonth
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational attainment in Learmonth has remained steady, though levels of formal schooling are notably lower than state and national figures. Only 45.7% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of the population has finished Year 12, which is far below the 61.8% seen across Victoria. About 23.5% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Learmonth, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (25%) and Year 11 (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 16.9% of the population, well below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 41.7% of residents.
16.9% ▲ +90.2%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 16.9%
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 Learmonth, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with Engineering and Health both accounting for 15.0% of degrees, followed by Management and commerce at 13.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school in the area, which is much smaller than most schools with an average size of 79 students. This school has a higher advantage score than most areas.
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).
79
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,008
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Learmonth
1 school — 79 students, average ICSEA 1,008.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Mount Blowhard Primary School, Blowhard | Government | Primary | 5.8 km | 79 | 1,008 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Learmonth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21482/learmonth/topic/education