59.0% ▲ +23.9%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.7%
- 2016: 53.2%
- 2021: 59.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bayswater · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bayswater
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More residents hold higher qualifications than in most similar areas, making Bayswater a well-educated pocket of Melbourne. About 26.6% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is about the same as the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is much higher than most similar areas at 59%. This is about the same as the Australian figure, though a little below Victoria's rate of 61.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bayswater, Year 12 is the majority at 63%; Year 10 is next at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 26.6% of adults, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas. This level of qualification is about the same as the national average.
26.6% ▲ +69.1%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Bayswater splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (32%) and Certificate III / IV (30%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 19.3%, followed by engineering and related fields at 15.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Bayswater has 47 schools within 3km, which is among the largest number at this level. These schools have an average advantage score of 1,071, which is much higher than most areas.
2.50
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
47
Higher than 91% 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).
416
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,071
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bayswater
47 schools — 19,549 students, average ICSEA 1,071.
By sector: Government 33 · Catholic 9 · Independent 5
By type: Primary 34 · Secondary 7 · Combined 6
| Our Lady of Lourdes School, Bayswater | Catholic | Primary | 0.4 km | 85 | 1,003 |
| Bayswater Primary School, Bayswater | Government | Primary | 0.5 km | 155 | 1,024 |
| Bayswater Secondary College, Bayswater | Government | Secondary | 0.8 km | 256 | 972 |
| Bayswater South Primary School, Bayswater | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 339 | 1,099 |
| Bayswater West Primary School, Bayswater | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 223 | 1,003 |
| Knox Central Primary School, Boronia | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 75 | 1,018 |
| Heathmont East Primary School, Heathmont | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 570 | 1,127 |
| Dillbadin Primary School, Boronia | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 35 | 977 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, Boronia | Catholic | Primary | 2.1 km | 129 | 1,086 |
| Urban College, Boronia | Independent | Secondary | 2.3 km | 100 | 975 |
| Regency Park Primary School, Wantirna | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 537 | 1,068 |
| St Luke's School, Wantirna | Catholic | Primary | 2.6 km | 165 | 1,098 |
| Fairhills Primary School, Ferntree Gully | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 104 | 1,004 |
| Boronia K-12 College, Boronia | Government | Combined | 2.7 km | 494 | 982 |
| Heathmont College, Heathmont | Government | Secondary | 2.8 km | 667 | 1,014 |
| Marlborough Primary School, Heathmont | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 124 | 1,037 |
| Boronia Heights Primary School, Boronia | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 507 | 1,051 |
| Fairhills High School, Knoxfield | Government | Secondary | 3.0 km | 404 | 994 |
| Wantirna College, Wantirna | Government | Secondary | 3.1 km | 1,458 | 1,031 |
| Tinternvale Primary School, Ringwood East | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 328 | 1,062 |
| Templeton Primary School, Wantirna | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 720 | 1,136 |
| Great Ryrie Primary School, Heathmont | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 566 | 1,072 |
| Eastwood Primary School, Ringwood East | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 555 | 1,092 |
| Tintern Grammar, Ringwood East | Independent | Combined | 3.4 km | 985 | 1,154 |
| Bayswater North Primary School, Bayswater North | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 211 | 1,015 |
| St Andrews Christian College, Wantirna South | Independent | Combined | 3.5 km | 719 | 1,166 |
| Wattle View Primary School, Ferntree Gully | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 247 | 1,006 |
| Aquinas College, Ringwood | Catholic | Secondary | 3.6 km | 1,659 | 1,085 |
| Wantirna South Primary School, Wantirna South | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 233 | 1,074 |
| Croydon Special Developmental School, Croydon South | Government | Combined | 3.8 km | 106 | 976 |
| Holy Trinity School, Wantirna South | Catholic | Primary | 3.9 km | 210 | 1,083 |
| Ringwood Secondary College, Ringwood | Government | Secondary | 3.9 km | 1,516 | 1,052 |
| The Basin Primary School, The Basin | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 583 | 1,042 |
| St Mary's College for the Deaf - Wantirna South Campus, Wantirna South | Catholic | Primary | 3.9 km | 75 | 1,028 |
| Kent Park Primary School, Ferntree Gully | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 197 | 1,012 |
| Wantirna Primary School, Wantirna | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 53 | 1,031 |
| Eastern Ranges School, Ferntree Gully | Government | Combined | 4.3 km | 200 | 1,031 |
| Knox Park Primary School, Knoxfield | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 312 | 1,061 |
| Our Lady of Perpetual Help School, Ringwood | Catholic | Primary | 4.3 km | 248 | 981 |
| St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School, The Basin | Catholic | Primary | 4.3 km | 255 | 1,069 |
| The Knox School, Wantirna South | Independent | Combined | 4.4 km | 764 | 1,159 |
| Mountain Gate Primary School, Ferntree Gully | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 432 | 1,072 |
| Dorset Primary School, Croydon | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 525 | 1,034 |
| Ferntree Gully North Primary School, Ferntree Gully | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 289 | 1,055 |
| St James' School, Vermont | Catholic | Primary | 4.8 km | 351 | 1,139 |
| Ghilgai School, Kilsyth | Independent | Primary | 5.3 km | 94 | 1,061 |
| Rangeview Primary School, Mitcham | Government | Primary | 5.3 km | 689 | 1,155 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bayswater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20173/bayswater/topic/education