79.3% ▲ +6.8%
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 74.3%
- 2016: 74.3%
- 2021: 79.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Albert Park · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Education & Qualifications in Albert Park
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people in Albert Park have finished high school and university than in 2011. It is now a highly educated area where over half of all adults hold a university degree, far exceeding national levels.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
High school completion has risen to 79.3% since 2011. This is far above the 58.8% national figure and much higher than most other similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Albert Park, Year 12 is the majority at 84%; Year 11 is next at 6%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher rose to 52.5% over the last decade. This is far above the Victoria figure of 29.2% and among the highest levels of qualification in the country.
52.5% ▲ +12.7%
Higher than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 46.6%
- 2016: 47.9%
- 2021: 52.5%
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 Albert Park, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 46%, followed by Postgraduate degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (13%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 28.1%, followed by society and culture at 15.2% and health at 10.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Albert Park has five government schools with a total of 4,077 enrolments, which is larger than about 90% of similar areas. These schools have an average advantage score of 1,147, among the highest at this level.
5
Higher than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Number of schools in the area.
2.37
Higher than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
43
Higher than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
4,077
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Total students enrolled across the area's schools.
815
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,147
Higher than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Albert Park
43 schools — 22,763 students, average ICSEA 1,137.
By sector: Government 23 · Independent 15 · Catholic 5
By type: Primary 16 · Secondary 14 · Combined 13
| South Melbourne Park Primary School, Albert Park | Government | Primary | 0.5 km | 402 | 1,105 |
| Middle Park Primary School, Middle Park | Government | Primary | 0.5 km | 393 | 1,150 |
| Albert Park Primary School, Albert Park | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 430 | 1,156 |
| Youth2Industry College, South Melbourne | Independent | Secondary | 1.0 km | 64 | 1,033 |
| Galilee Regional Catholic Primary School, South Melbourne | Catholic | Primary | 1.1 km | 369 | 1,154 |
| Albert Park College, Albert Park | Government | Secondary | 1.3 km | 1,657 | 1,127 |
| MacRobertson Girls High School, Melbourne | Government | Secondary | 1.3 km | 1,195 | 1,186 |
| Melbourne Grammar School, Melbourne | Independent | Combined | 1.8 km | 1,905 | 1,177 |
| Wesley College, Melbourne | Independent | Combined | 1.9 km | 3,181 | 1,172 |
| Victorian College Of The Arts Secondary School, Southbank | Government | Secondary | 1.9 km | 344 | 1,141 |
| South Melbourne Primary School, Southbank | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 502 | 1,144 |
| Victorian College For The Deaf, Melbourne | Government | Combined | 1.9 km | 61 | 978 |
| Montague School, South Melbourne | Government | Secondary | 1.9 km | 16 | 983 |
| Port Phillip Specialist School, Port Melbourne | Government | Combined | 2.0 km | 99 | 1,082 |
| St Kilda Park Primary School, St Kilda | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 314 | 1,142 |
| South Yarra Primary School, South Yarra | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 435 | 1,152 |
| Christ Church Grammar School, South Yarra | Independent | Primary | 2.2 km | 287 | 1,213 |
| Melbourne Girls Grammar, South Yarra | Independent | Combined | 2.6 km | 1,046 | 1,181 |
| Prahran High School, Windsor | Government | Secondary | 2.7 km | 564 | 1,080 |
| Port Melbourne Primary School, Port Melbourne | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 697 | 1,134 |
| Port Melbourne Secondary College, Port Melbourne | Government | Secondary | 2.9 km | 416 | 1,101 |
| Melbourne High School, South Yarra | Government | Secondary | 3.1 km | 1,402 | 1,195 |
| St Michael's Grammar School, St Kilda | Independent | Combined | 3.1 km | 1,143 | 1,180 |
| Centre for Higher Education Studies, South Yarra | Government | Secondary | 3.2 km | 468 | 1,079 |
| Cheder Levi Yitzchok Inc, St Kilda | Independent | Combined | 3.2 km | 169 | 1,053 |
| Kamaruka, South Yarra | Independent | Combined | 3.3 km | 35 | 1,094 |
| Windsor Primary School, Windsor | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 125 | 1,049 |
| St Mary’s College Melbourne - Edmund Rice Campus, St Kilda East | Catholic | Secondary | 3.5 km | 440 | 1,093 |
| St Mary's School, St Kilda East | Catholic | Primary | 3.5 km | 135 | 1,111 |
| St Kilda Primary School, St Kilda | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 437 | 1,126 |
| Yesodei HaTorah College, Elwood | Independent | Combined | 3.7 km | 149 | 1,112 |
| Richmond Primary School, Richmond | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 316 | 1,150 |
| Ozford College, Melbourne | Independent | Secondary | 3.9 km | 101 | 1,008 |
| Melbourne Indigenous Transition School, Richmond | Independent | Secondary | 4.0 km | 42 | 761 |
| Ignatius Learning Centre, Richmond | Catholic | Secondary | 4.1 km | 41 | — |
| Hester Hornbrook Academy, Melbourne | Independent | Secondary | 4.2 km | 701 | 943 |
| Yeshivah College, St Kilda East | Independent | Combined | 4.2 km | 362 | 1,073 |
| Toorak Primary School, Toorak | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 439 | 1,141 |
| Our Lady of Lourdes School, Prahran | Catholic | Primary | 4.3 km | 162 | 1,142 |
| Beth Rivkah Ladies College, St Kilda East | Independent | Combined | 4.5 km | 489 | 1,086 |
| The King David School, Armadale | Independent | Combined | 4.5 km | 592 | 1,165 |
| Richmond West Primary School, Richmond | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 281 | 1,075 |
| Collingwood English Language School, Collingwood | Government | Combined | 4.6 km | 357 | 906 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Albert Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/206051128/albert-park/topic/education