52.0% ▲ +32.5%
Lower than 61% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 39.2%
- 2016: 43.6%
- 2021: 52.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Flinders · Federal Electorate
Education & Qualifications in Flinders
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of nearly 10 percentage points separates Flinders from Victoria in Year 12 completion rates. While more people have finished high school here than they did in 2011, the area generally trails state and national figures for both school and university qualifications.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 52% of residents have completed Year 12, which is well below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. This is an improvement for the area, as the rate rose by 13 points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Flinders, Year 12 is the majority at 56%; Year 10 is next at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 20% of the population, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. This proportion has grown by 5.8 points since 2016, with Certificate III or IV being the most common qualification at 30.6%.
20.0% —
Lower than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 20.0%
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 Flinders, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 37%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (22%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are management and commerce at 15.8%, followed by engineering and related fields at 13%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 44 schools within 3km of the area, though total enrolments are smaller than about 91% of similar areas. Most of these are government primary schools, which make up 77.3% of the sector.
1.86
Lower than 51% of federal electorate areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
44
Lower than 83% 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).
19,735
Lower than 88% of federal electorate areas.
Total students enrolled across the area's schools.
470
Lower than 55% of federal electorate areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,035
Higher than 55% of federal electorate areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Flinders
44 schools — 19,735 students, average ICSEA 1,035.
By sector: Government 34 · Catholic 7 · Independent 3
By type: Primary 33 · Secondary 7 · Combined 4
| Dromana Secondary College, Dromana | Government | Secondary | 5.5 km | 1,752 | 1,018 |
| Balnarring Primary School, Balnarring | Government | Primary | 5.7 km | 312 | 1,084 |
| Peninsula College, Dromana | Government | Combined | 5.8 km | 160 | 957 |
| Red Hill Consolidated School, Red Hill | Government | Primary | 7.6 km | 489 | 1,085 |
| Somers School Camp, Somers | Government | Primary | 8.1 km | — | — |
| Bittern Primary School, Bittern | Government | Primary | 8.3 km | 78 | 978 |
| Balcombe Grammar School, Mount Martha | Independent | Combined | 8.4 km | 954 | 1,096 |
| Mount Martha Primary School, Mount Martha | Government | Primary | 9.1 km | 544 | 1,090 |
| Western Port Secondary College, Hastings | Government | Secondary | 9.3 km | 747 | 957 |
| Somers Primary School, Somers | Government | Primary | 9.6 km | 209 | 1,045 |
| Wallaroo Primary School, Hastings | Government | Primary | 9.6 km | 85 | 889 |
| Osborne Primary School, Mount Martha | Government | Primary | 9.8 km | 638 | 1,071 |
| Dromana Primary School, Dromana | Government | Primary | 10.2 km | 557 | 1,034 |
| Moorooduc Primary School, Moorooduc | Government | Primary | 10.6 km | 242 | 1,035 |
| Benton Junior College, Mornington | Government | Primary | 10.6 km | 585 | 1,040 |
| Hastings Primary School, Hastings | Government | Primary | 10.8 km | 147 | 921 |
| St Mary's School, Hastings | Catholic | Primary | 10.8 km | 126 | 1,008 |
| Crib Point Primary School, Crib Point | Government | Primary | 11.0 km | 251 | 977 |
| St Joseph's School, Crib Point | Catholic | Primary | 11.2 km | 201 | 1,038 |
| Tyabb Primary School, Tyabb | Government | Primary | 11.8 km | 425 | 1,027 |
| Flinders Christian Community College, Tyabb | Independent | Combined | 11.9 km | 1,698 | 1,083 |
| Mornington Park Primary School, Mornington | Government | Primary | 12.8 km | 225 | 997 |
| Mornington Special Developmental School, Mornington | Government | Combined | 12.8 km | 24 | 920 |
| St Macartan's School, Mornington | Catholic | Primary | 13.1 km | 458 | 1,084 |
| Tyabb Railway Station Primary School, Tyabb | Government | Primary | 13.3 km | 142 | 994 |
| Mornington Primary School, Mornington | Government | Primary | 13.6 km | 424 | 1,062 |
| Padua College, Mornington | Catholic | Secondary | 13.6 km | 2,534 | 1,064 |
| Mornington Secondary College, Mornington | Government | Secondary | 13.7 km | 799 | 1,004 |
| St Brendan's School, Somerville | Catholic | Primary | 14.3 km | 270 | 1,043 |
| Somerville Rise Primary School, Somerville | Government | Primary | 14.6 km | 156 | 975 |
| Rosebud Primary School, Rosebud | Government | Primary | 14.8 km | 561 | 1,012 |
| Somerville Secondary College, Somerville | Government | Secondary | 14.9 km | 582 | 983 |
| Somerville Primary School, Somerville | Government | Primary | 15.7 km | 400 | 1,013 |
| Our Lady of Fatima School, Rosebud | Catholic | Primary | 16.0 km | 172 | 999 |
| Rosebud Secondary College, Rosebud | Government | Secondary | 16.8 km | 965 | 989 |
| Eastbourne Primary School, Capel Sound | Government | Primary | 17.3 km | 242 | 952 |
| Advance College of Education Incorporated, Rosebud | Independent | Secondary | 17.4 km | 58 | 964 |
| Baxter Primary School, Baxter | Government | Primary | 18.2 km | 216 | 1,001 |
| Boneo Primary School, Boneo | Government | Primary | 18.4 km | 338 | 1,025 |
| Tootgarook Primary School, Tootgarook | Government | Primary | 19.4 km | 145 | 954 |
| Rye Primary School, Rye | Government | Primary | 22.4 km | 416 | 1,026 |
| Perseverance Primary School, French Island | Government | Primary | 22.9 km | — | 977 |
| St Joseph's School, Sorrento | Catholic | Primary | 29.2 km | 128 | 1,063 |
| Sorrento Primary School, Sorrento | Government | Primary | 29.3 km | 280 | 1,050 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Flinders [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED213/flinders/topic/education