50.2% ▲ +42.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.2%
- 2016: 44.6%
- 2021: 50.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Broadmeadows · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Broadmeadows
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Management and commerce are the most common fields of study for qualified residents in Broadmeadows. While some figures are higher than in similar areas, the community generally has lower levels of formal schooling and degrees than the state and national averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About half of residents finished Year 12, which is higher than in most similar areas but far below Victoria's 61.8%. Another 20.6% of the population left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Broadmeadows, Year 12 is the majority at 58%; Year 9 or below is next at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Around 18.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is a higher proportion than in most similar areas, though it remains well below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
18.1% ▲ +143.2%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 18.1%
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 Broadmeadows, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 32%, followed by Certificate III / IV (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most popular qualifications are in management and commerce at 15%, followed by society and culture at 12.4% and engineering at 11.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Broadmeadows has 44 schools within 3 km, among the largest number at this level. These schools are typically much larger than in other similar areas, with 63.6% being government schools.
3.35
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
44
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).
562
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,006
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Broadmeadows
44 schools — 24,716 students, average ICSEA 1,006.
By sector: Government 28 · Catholic 10 · Independent 6
By type: Primary 27 · Combined 10 · Secondary 7
| Broadmeadows Primary School, Broadmeadows | Government | Primary | 0.2 km | 252 | 948 |
| Sirius College, Broadmeadows | Independent | Combined | 0.6 km | 3,284 | 1,088 |
| My College, Dallas | Independent | Combined | 0.8 km | 325 | 1,005 |
| St Dominic's School, Broadmeadows | Catholic | Primary | 0.9 km | 226 | 958 |
| Meadows Primary School, Broadmeadows | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 263 | 922 |
| Hume Valley School, Broadmeadows | Government | Combined | 0.9 km | 380 | 934 |
| Ilim College, Dallas | Independent | Combined | 1.3 km | 2,868 | 1,024 |
| Penola Catholic College, Broadmeadows | Catholic | Secondary | 1.4 km | 1,373 | 1,000 |
| Hume Central Secondary College, Broadmeadows | Government | Secondary | 1.4 km | 1,093 | 900 |
| Broadmeadows Special Developmental School, Broadmeadows | Government | Combined | 1.5 km | 361 | 970 |
| Dallas Brooks Community Primary School, Dallas | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 410 | 893 |
| Broadmeadows Valley Primary School, Broadmeadows | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 210 | 912 |
| Holy Child School, Dallas | Catholic | Primary | 1.6 km | 200 | 911 |
| Jacana School for Autism, Jacana | Government | Combined | 1.8 km | 228 | 1,005 |
| Glenroy Private, Glenroy | Independent | Combined | 1.9 km | 632 | 992 |
| Coolaroo South Primary School, Coolaroo | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 250 | 930 |
| Glenroy Specialist School, Glenroy | Government | Combined | 2.4 km | 167 | 987 |
| Bethal Primary School, Meadow Heights | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 259 | 941 |
| Belle Vue Park Primary School, Glenroy | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 159 | 949 |
| St Mary's Coptic Orthodox College, Coolaroo | Independent | Combined | 2.7 km | 1,078 | 997 |
| Corpus Christi School, Glenroy | Catholic | Primary | 2.7 km | 174 | 1,055 |
| Glenroy College, Glenroy | Government | Secondary | 2.8 km | 454 | 931 |
| Glenroy Central Primary School, Glenroy | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 263 | 986 |
| Gladstone Views Primary School, Gladstone Park | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 312 | 997 |
| Westmeadows Primary School, Westmeadows | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 463 | 992 |
| Campbellfield Heights Primary School, Campbellfield | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 148 | 943 |
| St Thomas More's School, Hadfield | Catholic | Primary | 3.3 km | 366 | 1,074 |
| Meadow Heights Primary School, Meadow Heights | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 400 | 919 |
| Glenroy West Primary School, Glenroy | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 333 | 1,031 |
| Moomba Park Primary School, Fawkner | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 205 | 1,018 |
| Gladstone Park Secondary College, Gladstone Park | Government | Secondary | 3.7 km | 1,309 | 994 |
| St Matthew's School, Fawkner | Catholic | Primary | 3.8 km | 204 | 1,009 |
| School of the Good Shepherd, Gladstone Park | Catholic | Primary | 3.9 km | 374 | 1,046 |
| Gladstone Park Primary School, Gladstone Park | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 408 | 1,011 |
| Westbreen Primary School, Pascoe Vale | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 422 | 1,051 |
| Pascoe Vale Girls Secondary College, Pascoe Vale | Government | Secondary | 4.2 km | 719 | 987 |
| Oak Park Primary School, Oak Park | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 388 | 1,095 |
| St Francis de Sales School, Oak Park | Catholic | Primary | 4.4 km | 237 | 1,085 |
| John Fawkner Secondary College, Fawkner | Government | Secondary | 4.4 km | 234 | 958 |
| Darul Ulum College of Victoria, Fawkner | Independent | Combined | 4.6 km | 1,766 | 1,005 |
| St Carlo Borromeo School, Greenvale | Catholic | Primary | 4.7 km | 571 | 1,062 |
| Greenvale Secondary College, Greenvale | Government | Secondary | 4.8 km | 540 | 997 |
| St Mark's School, Fawkner | Catholic | Primary | 5.0 km | 170 | 1,076 |
| Fawkner Primary School, Fawkner | Government | Primary | 5.5 km | 238 | 1,020 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Broadmeadows [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20346/broadmeadows/topic/education