70.1% ▲ +13.6%
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 61.7%
- 2016: 69.7%
- 2021: 70.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bundoora - North · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Education & Qualifications in Bundoora - North
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
High levels of schooling and university degrees mark Bundoora - North as one of the most qualified areas of its kind. About 70% of residents have finished Year 12, and nearly a third of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Schooling levels have climbed since 2011, with 70.1% of people now completing Year 12. This is well above the Victorian figure of 61.8% and far above the national average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bundoora - North, Year 12 is the majority at 74%; Year 9 or below is next at 10%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher rose to 30.8%, which is higher than most similar areas. This is a little above the state figure, with the most common high-level qualification being a bachelor degree at 33.6%.
30.8% ▲ +28.8%
Higher than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 30.8%
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 Bundoora - North, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 39%, followed by Certificate III / IV (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are most often in management and commerce (22.3%), followed by engineering and related fields at 13.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is well served by education providers, with 42 schools located within 3 km. This is a larger number than about 84% of similar areas.
42
Higher than 84% 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).
Schools serving Bundoora - North
42 schools — 20,240 students, average ICSEA 1,050.
By sector: Government 31 · Catholic 8 · Independent 3
By type: Primary 28 · Secondary 9 · Combined 5
| Parade College, Bundoora | Catholic | Secondary | 0.9 km | 1,968 | 1,077 |
| Mill Park Primary School, Mill Park | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 529 | 1,065 |
| Plenty Parklands Primary School, Mill Park | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 737 | 1,064 |
| Northside Christian College, Bundoora | Independent | Combined | 2.0 km | 643 | 1,102 |
| Watsonia North Primary School, Watsonia North | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 541 | 1,080 |
| Concord School, Bundoora | Government | Combined | 2.1 km | 424 | 1,007 |
| St Damian's School, Bundoora | Catholic | Primary | 2.2 km | 378 | 1,080 |
| Mill Park Secondary College, Mill Park | Government | Secondary | 2.3 km | 976 | 1,023 |
| St Francis of Assisi School, Mill Park | Catholic | Primary | 2.3 km | 1,260 | 1,073 |
| Loyola College, Watsonia | Catholic | Secondary | 2.4 km | 1,443 | 1,055 |
| Findon Primary School, Mill Park | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 278 | 1,008 |
| Bundoora Primary School, Bundoora | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 306 | 1,063 |
| St Mary's School, Greensborough | Catholic | Primary | 2.9 km | 524 | 1,109 |
| Norris Bank Primary School, Bundoora | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 110 | 992 |
| Bundoora Secondary College, Bundoora | Government | Secondary | 2.9 km | 540 | 1,030 |
| St John XXIII Primary School, Thomastown | Catholic | Primary | 2.9 km | 228 | 1,035 |
| Watsonia Primary School, Watsonia | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 63 | 1,027 |
| Greensborough Secondary College, Greensborough | Government | Secondary | 3.3 km | 591 | 1,020 |
| Lalor East Primary School, Thomastown | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 213 | 966 |
| Greensborough Primary School, Greensborough | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 159 | 1,058 |
| Mill Park Heights Primary School, Mill Park | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 563 | 1,015 |
| Apollo Parkways Primary School, Greensborough | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 675 | 1,103 |
| Diamond Valley Special Developmental School, Greensborough | Government | Combined | 3.5 km | 136 | 1,010 |
| Lalor Secondary College, Lalor | Government | Secondary | 3.8 km | 1,110 | 964 |
| Morang South Primary School, South Morang | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 375 | 1,027 |
| Lalor North Secondary College, Epping | Government | Secondary | 4.1 km | 355 | 960 |
| Thomastown East Primary School, Thomastown | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 331 | 1,062 |
| Northern School For Autism, Reservoir | Government | Combined | 4.2 km | 525 | 1,030 |
| St Thomas the Apostle School, Greensborough | Catholic | Primary | 4.2 km | 226 | 1,085 |
| Greenhills Primary School, Greensborough | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 499 | 1,103 |
| Lalor Primary School, Lalor | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 228 | 984 |
| Lalor North Primary School, Lalor | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 330 | 998 |
| Watsonia Heights Primary School, Greensborough | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 522 | 1,104 |
| St Luke's School, Lalor | Catholic | Primary | 4.8 km | 313 | 1,049 |
| Briar Hill Primary School, Briar Hill | Government | Primary | 4.8 km | 203 | 1,090 |
| Reservoir Views Primary School, Reservoir | Government | Primary | 5.0 km | 288 | 1,034 |
| Montmorency Secondary College, Montmorency | Government | Secondary | 5.1 km | 1,085 | 1,083 |
| Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment, Reservoir | Independent | Primary | 5.2 km | 53 | 1,032 |
| Thomastown Primary School, Thomastown | Government | Primary | 5.3 km | 176 | 967 |
| Merriang School, Lalor | Government | Combined | 5.3 km | 129 | 1,006 |
| Peter Lalor Secondary College, Lalor | Government | Secondary | 5.3 km | 101 | 968 |
| North-Eastern Montessori School, St Helena | Independent | Primary | 5.8 km | 106 | 1,143 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bundoora - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/209041216/bundoora-north/topic/education