70.6% ▲ +20.8%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.5%
- 2016: 64.8%
- 2021: 70.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Blackburn South · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Blackburn South
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A shift toward higher learning is evident in Blackburn South, where 38.6% of adults now hold a bachelor degree or higher. This figure is far above the national average and places the area among the most qualified of its kind. This trend is mirrored in school results, with 70.6% of residents completing Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is very high here at 70.6%, which is well above the Victorian figure of 61.8% and far above the Australian average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Blackburn South, Year 12 is the majority at 74%; Year 9 or below is next at 9%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 38.6% of the population, a rate far above the 26.3% seen across Australia. Most of these higher qualifications are bachelor degrees at 36.2% and postgraduate degrees at 15.7%.
38.6% ▲ +38.8%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 33.4%
- 2021: 38.6%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Blackburn South, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 41%, followed by Postgraduate degree (18%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 25.3%, followed by engineering and related fields at 12.8% and society and culture at 11.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Blackburn South has a high average school advantage score and larger-than-usual schools, with an average size of 525 students. While there are 47 schools within 3km, there are much fewer schools per 1,000 children than in most areas.
1.58
Lower than 80% 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).
525
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,126
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Blackburn South
47 schools — 24,654 students, average ICSEA 1,126.
By sector: Government 29 · Catholic 12 · Independent 6
By type: Primary 30 · Secondary 9 · Combined 8
| Orchard Grove Primary School, Blackburn South | Government | Primary | 0.1 km | 592 | 1,130 |
| Aurora School, Blackburn South | Government | Primary | 0.4 km | 270 | 1,038 |
| St Luke the Evangelist School, Blackburn South | Catholic | Primary | 0.4 km | 137 | 1,108 |
| Blackburn English Language School, Burwood East | Government | Combined | 1.0 km | 344 | 1,022 |
| Laburnum Primary School, Blackburn | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 619 | 1,159 |
| Burwood Heights Primary School, Burwood East | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 442 | 1,107 |
| Forest Hill College, Burwood East | Government | Secondary | 1.8 km | 356 | 1,045 |
| Roberts McCubbin Primary School, Box Hill South | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 303 | 1,120 |
| St Thomas the Apostle School, Blackburn | Catholic | Primary | 2.0 km | 185 | 1,130 |
| Burwood East Special Developmental School, Burwood East | Government | Combined | 2.0 km | 79 | 1,073 |
| Blackburn Lake Primary School, Blackburn | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 542 | 1,170 |
| Box Hill High School, Box Hill | Government | Secondary | 2.3 km | 1,547 | 1,123 |
| St Scholastica's School, Bennettswood | Catholic | Primary | 2.3 km | 108 | 1,067 |
| Burwood East Primary School, Burwood East | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 520 | 1,147 |
| Kingswood College, Box Hill | Independent | Combined | 2.6 km | 575 | 1,162 |
| Parkmore Primary School, Forest Hill | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 121 | 1,095 |
| Emmaus College, Vermont South | Catholic | Combined | 2.6 km | 1,479 | 1,086 |
| Blackburn Primary School, Blackburn | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 440 | 1,141 |
| St Francis Xavier's School, Box Hill | Catholic | Primary | 2.7 km | 257 | 1,105 |
| Mount Scopus Memorial College, Burwood | Independent | Combined | 2.7 km | 1,170 | 1,159 |
| Nunawading Christian College - Secondary, Nunawading | Independent | Secondary | 2.7 km | 261 | 1,067 |
| Our Lady of Sion College, Box Hill | Catholic | Secondary | 2.8 km | 930 | 1,111 |
| Nunawading Christian College - Primary, Nunawading | Independent | Primary | 2.8 km | 343 | 1,101 |
| Mount Waverley North Primary School, Mount Waverley | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 541 | 1,142 |
| Blackburn High School, Blackburn | Government | Secondary | 3.2 km | 1,289 | 1,094 |
| Mount Pleasant Road Nunawading Primary School, Nunawading | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 388 | 1,133 |
| Glendal Primary School, Glen Waverley | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 886 | 1,157 |
| Our Lady of Perpetual Succour School, Surrey Hills | Catholic | Primary | 3.3 km | 145 | 1,142 |
| Vermont South Special School, Vermont South | Government | Combined | 3.3 km | 140 | 998 |
| Livingstone Primary School, Vermont South | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 612 | 1,142 |
| Mount Waverley Secondary College, Mount Waverley | Government | Secondary | 3.5 km | 1,862 | 1,127 |
| St Christopher's School, Glen Waverley | Catholic | Primary | 3.6 km | 148 | 1,141 |
| Old Orchard Primary School, Blackburn North | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 441 | 1,127 |
| Weeden Heights Primary School, Vermont South | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 154 | 1,141 |
| Holy Saviour Parish School, Vermont South | Catholic | Primary | 3.6 km | 133 | — |
| Presbyterian Ladies' College, Burwood | Independent | Combined | 3.6 km | 1,530 | 1,207 |
| Essex Heights Primary School, Mount Waverley | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 617 | 1,150 |
| Highvale Primary School, Glen Waverley | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 368 | 1,148 |
| St Philip's School, Blackburn North | Catholic | Primary | 3.9 km | 40 | 1,137 |
| Whitehorse Primary School, Blackburn North | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 302 | 1,123 |
| Highvale Secondary College, Glen Waverley | Government | Secondary | 4.0 km | 1,220 | 1,114 |
| Kerrimuir Primary School, Box Hill North | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 572 | 1,137 |
| Avila College, Mount Waverley | Catholic | Secondary | 4.1 km | 1,011 | 1,113 |
| Ashwood School, Ashwood | Government | Combined | 4.1 km | 127 | 1,058 |
| Berengarra School, Box Hill North | Independent | Secondary | 4.1 km | 61 | 1,084 |
| Holy Family School, Mount Waverley | Catholic | Primary | 4.2 km | 259 | 1,124 |
| Parkhill Primary School, Ashwood | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 188 | 1,098 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Blackburn South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20254/blackburn-south/topic/education