28.3% ▲ +20.9%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Elmore · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Elmore
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than 30% of people in Elmore have finished Year 12, a figure far below the national average. While more residents have completed high school since 2011, the area still trails the state and country significantly in formal schooling and higher degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 28.3% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. This is much lower than most similar areas, though the rate rose 4.9 percentage points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →Elmore splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (33%) and Year 10 (29%), with Year 9 or below at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 12.2% of the population, which is far below the national figure. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 36.1% of residents.
12.2% ▲ +49.6%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 12.2%
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 Elmore, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are engineering at 10.6% and management and commerce at 10.0%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Elmore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221027/elmore/topic/education