34.8% ▲ +52.3%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 34.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Aramac · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Aramac
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Aramac have finished high school or university than in most other areas. Only 34.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This creates a local profile where practical trade certificates are much more common than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is far below the state and national averages, with only 34.8% finishing Year 12. The most common highest year of school reached is Year 10, at 36.6%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Aramac splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (39%) and Year 12 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with just 8.2% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, far below the 26.3% national figure. Instead, Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification, held by 46% of people.
8.2% ▲ +548.8%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 8.2%
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 Aramac, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 61%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related subjects at 20.4%, followed by education at 11.7% and health at 9.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Aramac has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though the average school size is much lower than most areas at just 45 students. All local schools are government-run combined schools.
13.33
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
45
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
881
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Aramac
1 school — 45 students, average ICSEA 881.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Aramac State School, Aramac | Government | Combined | 62.9 km | 45 | 881 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Aramac [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30072/aramac/topic/education