66.1% ▲ +13.3%
Higher than 72% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 58.3%
- 2016: 63.1%
- 2021: 66.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Deakin · Federal Electorate
Education & Qualifications in Deakin
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A higher number of adults hold university degrees in Deakin than in most similar areas, with 33.1% having a bachelor degree or higher. This level of education is well above the national figure. High achievement carries through to school ages, where more people have finished Year 12 compared to the rest of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rates have risen 7.8 percentage points since 2011 to reach 66.1%. This is well above both the Victorian figure of 61.8% and the Australian average of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Deakin, Year 12 is the majority at 69%; Year 11 is next at 11%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 33.1%, which is much higher than most areas. This figure is well above the national average and has risen slightly since 2016.
33.1% —
Higher than 76% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 33.1%
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 Deakin, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 36%, followed by Certificate III / IV (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification for residents are management and commerce at 21.6%, followed by engineering and related fields at 12.9% and society and culture at 11.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools have an average advantage score of 1,096, which is much higher than most areas. There are 49 schools within 3 kilometres, though this is smaller than about 62% of similar areas.
1.64
Lower than 66% of federal electorate areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
49
Lower than 69% of federal electorate 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).
26,578
Lower than 51% of federal electorate areas.
Total students enrolled across the area's schools.
542
Higher than 58% of federal electorate areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,096
Higher than 81% of federal electorate areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Deakin
49 schools — 26,578 students, average ICSEA 1,096.
By sector: Government 32 · Catholic 9 · Independent 8
By type: Primary 34 · Secondary 9 · Combined 6
| Our Lady of Perpetual Help School, Ringwood | Catholic | Primary | 0.4 km | 248 | 981 |
| Ringwood Secondary College, Ringwood | Government | Secondary | 0.5 km | 1,516 | 1,052 |
| Aquinas College, Ringwood | Catholic | Secondary | 1.1 km | 1,659 | 1,085 |
| Great Ryrie Primary School, Heathmont | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 566 | 1,072 |
| Norwood Secondary College, Ringwood | Government | Secondary | 1.5 km | 1,083 | 1,059 |
| Eastwood Primary School, Ringwood East | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 555 | 1,092 |
| Mullum Primary School, Ringwood | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 261 | 1,064 |
| Tintern Grammar, Ringwood East | Independent | Combined | 1.9 km | 985 | 1,154 |
| Ringwood Heights Primary School, Ringwood North | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 215 | 1,104 |
| Holy Spirit School, Ringwood North | Catholic | Primary | 2.3 km | 386 | 1,102 |
| Ringwood North Primary School, Ringwood North | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 471 | 1,107 |
| Marlborough Primary School, Heathmont | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 124 | 1,037 |
| Tinternvale Primary School, Ringwood East | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 328 | 1,062 |
| Heathmont East Primary School, Heathmont | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 570 | 1,127 |
| Heathmont College, Heathmont | Government | Secondary | 2.8 km | 667 | 1,014 |
| Melba Secondary College, Croydon | Government | Secondary | 3.0 km | 663 | 1,003 |
| Kalinda Primary School, Ringwood | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 424 | 1,097 |
| Rangeview Primary School, Mitcham | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 689 | 1,155 |
| Ainslie Parklands Primary School, Croydon | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 93 | 1,044 |
| St James' School, Vermont | Catholic | Primary | 3.4 km | 351 | 1,139 |
| Sacred Heart School, Croydon | Catholic | Primary | 3.7 km | 454 | 1,065 |
| Yarra Valley Grammar, Ringwood | Independent | Combined | 3.9 km | 1,899 | 1,155 |
| St John's School, Mitcham | Catholic | Primary | 4.0 km | 142 | 1,095 |
| Croydon Special Developmental School, Croydon South | Government | Combined | 4.0 km | 106 | 976 |
| Melbourne Rudolf Steiner School, Warranwood | Independent | Combined | 4.2 km | 470 | 1,097 |
| Dorset Primary School, Croydon | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 525 | 1,034 |
| Good Shepherd Lutheran Primary School, Croydon Hills | Independent | Primary | 4.5 km | 658 | 1,147 |
| Warranwood Primary School, Warranwood | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 375 | 1,089 |
| Vermont Primary School, Vermont | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 752 | 1,161 |
| Vermont Secondary College, Vermont | Government | Secondary | 4.5 km | 1,650 | 1,122 |
| Croydon Primary School, Croydon | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 225 | 955 |
| Luther College, Croydon Hills | Independent | Secondary | 4.7 km | 1,219 | 1,127 |
| Croydon Community School, Croydon | Government | Secondary | 4.8 km | 143 | 983 |
| Mount Pleasant Road Nunawading Primary School, Nunawading | Government | Primary | 5.1 km | 388 | 1,133 |
| Croydon Hills Primary School, Croydon Hills | Government | Primary | 5.2 km | 737 | 1,095 |
| Bayswater North Primary School, Bayswater North | Government | Primary | 5.6 km | 211 | 1,015 |
| Ruskin Park Primary School, Croydon | Government | Primary | 5.6 km | 488 | 1,034 |
| Nunawading Christian College - Primary, Nunawading | Independent | Primary | 5.8 km | 343 | 1,101 |
| Nunawading Christian College - Secondary, Nunawading | Independent | Secondary | 5.9 km | 261 | 1,067 |
| Yarra Road Primary School, Croydon North | Government | Primary | 6.2 km | 244 | 1,060 |
| Parkmore Primary School, Forest Hill | Government | Primary | 6.2 km | 121 | 1,095 |
| Blackburn Lake Primary School, Blackburn | Government | Primary | 6.3 km | 542 | 1,170 |
| Vermont South Special School, Vermont South | Government | Combined | 6.4 km | 140 | 998 |
| Livingstone Primary School, Vermont South | Government | Primary | 6.5 km | 612 | 1,142 |
| Emmaus College, Vermont South | Catholic | Combined | 6.6 km | 1,479 | 1,086 |
| St Thomas the Apostle School, Blackburn | Catholic | Primary | 6.9 km | 185 | 1,130 |
| Weeden Heights Primary School, Vermont South | Government | Primary | 7.1 km | 154 | 1,141 |
| Village School, Croydon North | Independent | Primary | 7.6 km | 68 | 1,089 |
| Holy Saviour Parish School, Vermont South | Catholic | Primary | 7.6 km | 133 | — |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Deakin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED211/deakin/topic/education