26.7% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Runnymede · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Runnymede
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 26.7% of people in Runnymede finished Year 12, which is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia. This gap is reflected in the local qualifications, where high-level degrees are much less common than in most other areas. The local education landscape is small, with a few tiny primary schools serving the area.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion of Year 12 is among the lowest for similar areas, sitting 35 points below the Victorian average. Instead, the most common highest school year reached by residents is Year 10, at 33.3%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Runnymede, the largest group is Year 10 at 36%, followed by Year 12 (29%) and Year 11 (26%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 10.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure. Most qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV, which is the most common qualification at 41.4%.
10.6% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 10.6%
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 Runnymede, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 71%; Bachelor degree is next at 29%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with degrees, the most common fields are Engineering at 17.2% and Management and commerce at 13.8%. Agriculture and environment and Health each account for 10.3% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has two primary schools within 3km, though these are much smaller than most, with an average size of just 28 students. These are split evenly between the government and Catholic sectors.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
28
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
983
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Runnymede
2 schools — 56 students, average ICSEA 983.
By sector: Government 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2
| Elmore Primary School, Elmore | Government | Primary | 7.3 km | 30 | 959 |
| Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Primary, Elmore | Catholic | Primary | 7.3 km | 26 | 1,010 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Runnymede [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22213/runnymede/topic/education