40.6% ▲ +13.2%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.8%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 40.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Elgin · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Elgin
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Elgin have finished high school or university than in most similar areas. Only 40.6% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 58.0%. This pattern of lower formal schooling is seen across both high school and university levels.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure of 58.8%. Roughly 34.9% of the population finished school at Year 10, while 13.2% stopped at Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Elgin, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 10 (37%) and Year 11 (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 9.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 26.3% national figure, though a quarter of residents hold a Certificate III or IV.
9.4% ▲ +61.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Elgin splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (39%) and Bachelor degree (36%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 25%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Engineering, Health, and Education each accounting for 14.0% of degrees held. Management and commerce follow at 9.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by one government primary school, which is larger than about 59% of similar areas. The school's size and advantage score both sit around the middle for its 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).
320
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
979
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Elgin
1 school — 320 students, average ICSEA 979.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Capel Primary School, Capel | Government | Primary | 6.3 km | 320 | 979 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Elgin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50480/elgin/topic/education