47.2% ▲ +39.0%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 47.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ascot · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Ascot
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A mix of practical trades and higher learning shapes daily life in Ascot, where 35.4% of adults hold a Certificate III or IV. While the area has a strong presence of university-educated residents compared to similar places, overall school completion rates sit far below the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of residents, 47.2%, have completed Year 12, which is far below the 61.8% seen across Victoria. This is a significant gap compared to the national figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Ascot, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 9 or below is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The usual qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 35.4% of adults. While 18.4% hold a bachelor degree or higher—a rate higher than most similar areas—this is still well below the Australian average.
18.4% ▲ +10.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 18.4%
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 Ascot, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Bachelor degree is next at 32%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread evenly across a few main fields, with Agriculture and environment, Health, and Management and commerce each accounting for 18.8% of the total.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by a single government primary school, which is much smaller than those in most other areas with an average size of 79 students.
1
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality 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).
79
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,008
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Ascot
1 school — 79 students, average ICSEA 1,008.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Mount Blowhard Primary School, Blowhard | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 79 | 1,008 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ascot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20073/ascot/topic/education