75.5% ▲ +14.7%
Higher than 88% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 65.8%
- 2016: 72.0%
- 2021: 75.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Whitehorse - West · Sub-region (SA3)
Education & Qualifications in Whitehorse - West
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A far higher share of adults in Whitehorse - West hold a bachelor degree or higher than the national average, with 42.9% of residents reaching this level. This is a highly educated area where school completion and university degrees are much more common than in most other places. This trend has grown steadily over the last decade.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is very high here, with 75.5% of people finishing Year 12. This is far above the national figure of 58.8% and has risen by nearly 10 percentage points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Whitehorse - West, Year 12 is the majority at 80%; Year 9 or below is next at 7%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are common, as 42.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far above the Victorian average of 29.2% and reflects a 10 point increase since 2011.
42.9% ▲ +31.4%
Higher than 88% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 42.9%
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 Whitehorse - West, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 43%, followed by Postgraduate degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for residents are management and commerce at 25.3%, followed by society and culture, health, and engineering, which each sit around 11%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has 33 schools with a total of 16,755 enrolments, which is larger than most similar areas. These schools have some of the highest advantage scores and are larger than usual, with the government sector making up 66.7% of them.
33
Higher than 63% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Number of schools in the area.
2.04
Lower than 53% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
16,755
Higher than 75% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Total students enrolled across the area's schools.
508
Higher than 60% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,129
Higher than 92% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Whitehorse - West
33 schools — 16,755 students, average ICSEA 1,129.
By sector: Government 22 · Catholic 7 · Independent 4
By type: Primary 21 · Secondary 7 · Combined 5
| Box Hill High School, Box Hill | Government | Secondary | — | 1,547 | 1,123 |
| Presbyterian Ladies' College, Burwood | Independent | Combined | — | 1,530 | 1,207 |
| Blackburn High School, Blackburn | Government | Secondary | — | 1,289 | 1,094 |
| Koonung Secondary College, Mont Albert North | Government | Secondary | — | 1,232 | 1,108 |
| Mount Scopus Memorial College, Burwood | Independent | Combined | — | 1,170 | 1,159 |
| Our Lady of Sion College, Box Hill | Catholic | Secondary | — | 930 | 1,111 |
| Laburnum Primary School, Blackburn | Government | Primary | — | 619 | 1,159 |
| Mont Albert Primary School, Mont Albert | Government | Primary | — | 605 | 1,149 |
| Orchard Grove Primary School, Blackburn South | Government | Primary | — | 592 | 1,130 |
| Kingswood College, Box Hill | Independent | Combined | — | 575 | 1,162 |
| Kerrimuir Primary School, Box Hill North | Government | Primary | — | 572 | 1,137 |
| Blackburn Lake Primary School, Blackburn | Government | Primary | — | 542 | 1,170 |
| Burwood East Primary School, Burwood East | Government | Primary | — | 520 | 1,147 |
| Burwood Heights Primary School, Burwood East | Government | Primary | — | 442 | 1,107 |
| Old Orchard Primary School, Blackburn North | Government | Primary | — | 441 | 1,127 |
| Blackburn Primary School, Blackburn | Government | Primary | — | 440 | 1,141 |
| Surrey Hills Primary School, Surrey Hills | Government | Primary | — | 358 | 1,166 |
| Forest Hill College, Burwood East | Government | Secondary | — | 356 | 1,045 |
| Blackburn English Language School, Burwood East | Government | Combined | — | 344 | 1,022 |
| Roberts McCubbin Primary School, Box Hill South | Government | Primary | — | 303 | 1,120 |
| Whitehorse Primary School, Blackburn North | Government | Primary | — | 302 | 1,123 |
| Box Hill Senior Secondary College, Mont Albert North | Government | Secondary | — | 281 | 1,055 |
| Aurora School, Blackburn South | Government | Primary | — | 270 | 1,038 |
| St Francis Xavier's School, Box Hill | Catholic | Primary | — | 257 | 1,105 |
| Wattle Park Primary School, Burwood | Government | Primary | — | 251 | 1,122 |
| Box Hill North Primary School, Box Hill North | Government | Primary | — | 232 | 1,084 |
| St Thomas the Apostle School, Blackburn | Catholic | Primary | — | 185 | 1,130 |
| Our Lady of Perpetual Succour School, Surrey Hills | Catholic | Primary | — | 145 | 1,142 |
| St Luke the Evangelist School, Blackburn South | Catholic | Primary | — | 137 | 1,108 |
| St Scholastica's School, Bennettswood | Catholic | Primary | — | 108 | 1,067 |
| Burwood East Special Developmental School, Burwood East | Government | Combined | — | 79 | 1,073 |
| Berengarra School, Box Hill North | Independent | Secondary | — | 61 | 1,084 |
| St Philip's School, Blackburn North | Catholic | Primary | — | 40 | 1,137 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Whitehorse - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/20703/whitehorse-west/topic/education