38.4% ▲ +1.7%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.7%
- 2016: 40.3%
- 2021: 38.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Elleker · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Elleker
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Elleker compared to the rest of the state. Only 38.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is a gap of 20 percentage points below the Western Australian average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is lower than most areas, with 38.4% finishing Year 12. This is far below the national figure of 58.8%. About 31.8% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Elleker, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 11 (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common here, with only 11.2% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 23.8% seen across Western Australia. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 39.3% of people.
11.2% ▼ -23.4%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 11.2%
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 Elleker, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 24%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related subjects at 23.4%, followed by Education at 14.9% and Management and commerce at 11.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number of facilities than about 59% of similar areas.
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Lower than 99% 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).
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Elleker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50481/elleker/topic/education