59.8% ▲ +17.3%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 51.0%
- 2016: 55.9%
- 2021: 59.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Skye - Sandhurst · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Education & Qualifications in Skye - Sandhurst
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people in Skye - Sandhurst have finished high school than a decade ago, with the rate of Year 12 completions rising by 8.8 percentage points since 2011. This trend is mirrored in higher education, where the share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher also grew by 5.6 percentage points over the same period.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 59.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is a little below the Victorian figure of 61.8% and roughly the same as the national average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Skye - Sandhurst, Year 12 is the majority at 62%; Year 10 is next at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 19.5%, which is well below both the Victorian (29.2%) and Australian (26.3%) figures. Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification, held by 33.9% of residents.
19.5% ▲ +40.7%
Lower than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 19.5%
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 Skye - Sandhurst, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 38%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (24%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are management and commerce at 22.2%, followed by engineering and related fields at 15.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school with an average size of 515 students, though the school's advantage score is lower than most areas.
1
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Number of schools in the area.
0.35
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
22
Higher than 55% 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).
515
Lower than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Total students enrolled across the area's schools.
515
Higher than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
995
Lower than 60% 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 Skye - Sandhurst
22 schools — 14,377 students, average ICSEA 1,003.
By sector: Government 18 · Catholic 4
By type: Primary 17 · Secondary 4 · Combined 1
| Carrum Downs Secondary College, Carrum Downs | Government | Secondary | 1.7 km | 928 | 969 |
| Rowellyn Park Primary School, Carrum Downs | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 781 | 1,003 |
| Skye Primary School, Skye | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 515 | 995 |
| Banyan Fields Primary School, Carrum Downs | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 517 | 987 |
| Barton Primary School, Cranbourne West | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 1,092 | 1,020 |
| St Joachim's School, Carrum Downs | Catholic | Primary | 3.1 km | 328 | 1,052 |
| Cranbourne West Secondary College, Cranbourne West | Government | Secondary | 3.1 km | 1,624 | 985 |
| Quarters Primary School, Cranbourne West | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 466 | 1,003 |
| Woodlands Primary School, Langwarrin | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 861 | 1,051 |
| St Peter's College, Cranbourne | Catholic | Secondary | 3.9 km | 2,089 | 1,045 |
| Lyndhurst Primary School, Lyndhurst | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 868 | 999 |
| Aldercourt Primary School, Frankston North | Government | Primary | 4.8 km | 225 | 918 |
| Cranbourne West Primary School, Cranbourne | Government | Primary | 4.8 km | 594 | 946 |
| Langwarrin Park Primary School, Langwarrin | Government | Primary | 5.4 km | 585 | 1,016 |
| Mahogany Rise Primary School, Frankston North | Government | Primary | 5.5 km | 148 | 909 |
| St Therese's School, Cranbourne | Catholic | Primary | 5.5 km | 239 | 1,023 |
| Cranbourne South Primary School, Cranbourne South | Government | Primary | 5.7 km | 376 | 1,010 |
| Frankston Special Developmental School, Frankston | Government | Combined | 5.8 km | 124 | 969 |
| Karingal Heights Primary School, Frankston | Government | Primary | 5.9 km | 93 | 950 |
| Lyndhurst Secondary College, Cranbourne | Government | Secondary | 6.0 km | 832 | 941 |
| St Francis de Sales Catholic Primary School, Lynbrook | Catholic | Primary | 6.0 km | 315 | 1,042 |
| Lynbrook Primary School, Lynbrook | Government | Primary | 6.5 km | 777 | 1,011 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Skye - Sandhurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/214011376/skye-sandhurst/topic/education