81.7% ▲ +42.7%
Higher than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 57.2%
- 2016: 61.6%
- 2021: 81.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Higgins · Federal Electorate
Education & Qualifications in Higgins
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than half of adults in Higgins hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far above the national average. This is a highly educated area where school completion rates have jumped 24 points since 2011. Most residents have a strong academic background, which is reflected in the high qualifications of the adult population.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is among the highest at this level, with 81.7% of people finishing Year 12. This is far above the 58.8% national figure and the 61.8% seen across Victoria.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Higgins, Year 12 is the majority at 86%; Year 11 is next at 6%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A striking 52.4% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is far above the Australian figure of 26.3%. This proportion rose 27 points since 2016, with 19.2% of residents holding postgraduate degrees.
52.4% —
Higher than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 52.4%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Higgins, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 49%, followed by Postgraduate degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (13%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Management and commerce is the most common field of study at 26.4%, followed by society and culture at 14.3% and health at 11.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools have an average advantage score that is among the highest at this level. Across the area's 18,472 enrolments, nearly half of the school sector is government-run, with 33.3% Catholic and 19.4% independent.
1.77
Lower than 57% of federal electorate areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
36
Lower than 93% 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).
18,472
Lower than 89% of federal electorate areas.
Total students enrolled across the area's schools.
513
Higher than 53% of federal electorate areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,164
Higher than 99% of federal electorate areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Higgins
36 schools — 18,472 students, average ICSEA 1,164.
By sector: Government 17 · Catholic 12 · Independent 7
By type: Primary 22 · Combined 11 · Secondary 3
| Malvern Primary School, Malvern East | Government | Primary | 0.3 km | 563 | 1,163 |
| St Mary's School, Malvern East | Catholic | Primary | 1.4 km | 192 | 1,158 |
| De La Salle College, Malvern | Catholic | Combined | 1.4 km | 890 | 1,131 |
| St Joseph's School, Malvern | Catholic | Primary | 1.4 km | 183 | 1,156 |
| Malvern Central School, Malvern | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 529 | 1,163 |
| Sacre Coeur, Glen Iris | Catholic | Combined | 1.5 km | 659 | 1,171 |
| Lloyd Street Primary School, Malvern East | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 385 | 1,180 |
| Korowa Anglican Girls' School, Glen Iris | Independent | Combined | 1.6 km | 774 | 1,183 |
| St Roch's School, Glen Iris | Catholic | Primary | 1.8 km | 125 | 1,166 |
| The Currajong School, Malvern East | Independent | Combined | 2.0 km | 41 | 1,089 |
| St Anthony's School, Glen Huntly | Catholic | Primary | 2.2 km | 75 | 1,098 |
| Lauriston Girls' School, Armadale | Independent | Combined | 2.2 km | 935 | 1,199 |
| Glen Iris Primary School, Glen Iris | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 408 | 1,174 |
| Armadale Primary School, Armadale | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 254 | 1,156 |
| The King David School, Armadale | Independent | Combined | 2.7 km | 592 | 1,165 |
| Carnegie Primary School, Carnegie | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 566 | 1,146 |
| Glen Huntly Primary School, Glen Huntly | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 308 | 1,151 |
| Solway Primary School, Ashburton | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 337 | 1,161 |
| Loreto Mandeville Hall, Toorak | Catholic | Combined | 3.1 km | 1,220 | 1,167 |
| St Cecilia's School, Glen Iris | Catholic | Primary | 3.1 km | 258 | 1,172 |
| Our Lady of Lourdes School, Prahran | Catholic | Primary | 3.1 km | 162 | 1,142 |
| Camberwell South Primary School, Glen Iris | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 423 | 1,183 |
| Murrumbeena Primary School, Murrumbeena | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 555 | 1,161 |
| Toorak Primary School, Toorak | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 439 | 1,141 |
| St Catherine's School, Toorak | Independent | Combined | 3.7 km | 685 | 1,175 |
| St Michael's School, Ashburton | Catholic | Primary | 3.9 km | 222 | 1,139 |
| St Kevin's College, Toorak | Catholic | Combined | 3.9 km | 2,087 | 1,192 |
| Windsor Primary School, Windsor | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 125 | 1,049 |
| Malvern Valley Primary School, Malvern East | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 258 | 1,114 |
| Ashburton Primary School, Ashburton | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 444 | 1,155 |
| St Patrick's School, Murrumbeena | Catholic | Primary | 4.4 km | 263 | 1,141 |
| Prahran High School, Windsor | Government | Secondary | 4.6 km | 564 | 1,080 |
| Kamaruka, South Yarra | Independent | Combined | 5.0 km | 35 | 1,094 |
| Melbourne High School, South Yarra | Government | Secondary | 5.2 km | 1,402 | 1,195 |
| Centre for Higher Education Studies, South Yarra | Government | Secondary | 5.2 km | 468 | 1,079 |
| Melbourne Girls Grammar, South Yarra | Independent | Combined | 5.7 km | 1,046 | 1,181 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Higgins [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED220/higgins/topic/education