65.0% ▲ +13.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.1%
- 2016: 63.2%
- 2021: 65.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bundoora · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bundoora
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people in Bundoora have finished high school than in most other areas, with 65% completing Year 12. This strong educational foundation is reflected in the adult population, where nearly 29% hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is high at 65%, which is well above the Victorian figure of 61.8% and the national average of 58.8%. Those who left school earlier did so mostly around Year 9 or below, at 11.4%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bundoora, Year 12 is the majority at 69%; Year 9 or below is next at 12%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 28.7% of the population, a figure that is a little above the national average and about the same as the state average. The most common highest qualification is a bachelor degree, held by 30.4%.
28.7% ▲ +38.5%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 28.7%
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 Bundoora, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 36%, followed by Certificate III / IV (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Bundoora are most commonly in management and commerce at 20.7%, followed by engineering and related fields at 13.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Bundoora has 65 schools within 3km, though there are only 1.74 schools per 1,000 children, which is much lower than most areas. Local schools are typically larger than average and have a school advantage score much higher than most areas.
1.74
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
65
Higher than 94% 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).
425
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,048
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bundoora
65 schools — 27,189 students, average ICSEA 1,048.
By sector: Government 46 · Catholic 13 · Independent 6
By type: Primary 43 · Secondary 13 · Combined 9
| Bundoora Primary School, Bundoora | Government | Primary | 0.5 km | 306 | 1,063 |
| Bundoora Secondary College, Bundoora | Government | Secondary | 0.6 km | 540 | 1,030 |
| St Damian's School, Bundoora | Catholic | Primary | 0.8 km | 378 | 1,080 |
| Concord School, Bundoora | Government | Combined | 0.9 km | 424 | 1,007 |
| Northside Christian College, Bundoora | Independent | Combined | 1.2 km | 643 | 1,102 |
| Parade College, Bundoora | Catholic | Secondary | 1.4 km | 1,968 | 1,077 |
| Loyola College, Watsonia | Catholic | Secondary | 1.4 km | 1,443 | 1,055 |
| Watsonia North Primary School, Watsonia North | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 541 | 1,080 |
| Mastery Schools Victoria, Bundoora | Independent | Combined | 1.8 km | 62 | 1,082 |
| Watsonia Primary School, Watsonia | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 63 | 1,027 |
| Norris Bank Primary School, Bundoora | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 110 | 992 |
| Greensborough Secondary College, Greensborough | Government | Secondary | 2.4 km | 591 | 1,020 |
| St Mary's School, Greensborough | Catholic | Primary | 2.5 km | 524 | 1,109 |
| Macleod College, Macleod | Government | Combined | 2.5 km | 545 | 1,073 |
| Kingsbury Primary School, Kingsbury | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 137 | 1,027 |
| Our Lady of the Way School, Kingsbury | Catholic | Primary | 2.9 km | 167 | 1,079 |
| Charles La Trobe P-12 College, Macleod West | Government | Combined | 3.0 km | 741 | 930 |
| Northern School For Autism, Reservoir | Government | Combined | 3.0 km | 525 | 1,030 |
| Greensborough Primary School, Greensborough | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 159 | 1,058 |
| Mill Park Primary School, Mill Park | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 529 | 1,065 |
| Watsonia Heights Primary School, Greensborough | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 522 | 1,104 |
| St John XXIII Primary School, Thomastown | Catholic | Primary | 3.5 km | 228 | 1,035 |
| Rosanna Primary School, Rosanna | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 343 | 1,098 |
| Rosanna Golf Links Primary School, Rosanna | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 557 | 1,133 |
| Reservoir High School, Reservoir | Government | Secondary | 3.7 km | 629 | 989 |
| Reservoir Views Primary School, Reservoir | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 288 | 1,034 |
| St Martin of Tours School, Rosanna | Catholic | Primary | 3.8 km | 463 | 1,127 |
| Plenty Parklands Primary School, Mill Park | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 737 | 1,064 |
| Streeton Primary School, Yallambie | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 144 | 1,055 |
| Lalor East Primary School, Thomastown | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 213 | 966 |
| Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment, Reservoir | Independent | Primary | 4.0 km | 53 | 1,032 |
| Findon Primary School, Mill Park | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 278 | 1,008 |
| St Francis of Assisi School, Mill Park | Catholic | Primary | 4.2 km | 1,260 | 1,073 |
| Thomastown East Primary School, Thomastown | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 331 | 1,062 |
| Reservoir East Primary School, Reservoir | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 276 | 935 |
| Mill Park Secondary College, Mill Park | Government | Secondary | 4.3 km | 976 | 1,023 |
| Apollo Parkways Primary School, Greensborough | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 675 | 1,103 |
| East Preston Islamic College, Preston | Independent | Combined | 4.4 km | 733 | 976 |
| Diamond Valley Special Developmental School, Greensborough | Government | Combined | 4.5 km | 136 | 1,010 |
| Lalor Secondary College, Lalor | Government | Secondary | 4.6 km | 1,110 | 964 |
| Briar Hill Primary School, Briar Hill | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 203 | 1,090 |
| Preston North East Primary School, East Preston | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 201 | 955 |
| Banyule Primary School, Rosanna | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 618 | 1,161 |
| Preston Reservoir Adult Community Education - Prace College campus, Reservoir | Independent | Secondary | 4.9 km | 75 | 946 |
| Lalor Primary School, Lalor | Government | Primary | 4.9 km | 228 | 984 |
| Greenhills Primary School, Greensborough | Government | Primary | 4.9 km | 499 | 1,103 |
| Holy Name School, Reservoir | Catholic | Primary | 5.1 km | 205 | 1,078 |
| St Pius X School, Heidelberg West | Catholic | Primary | 5.2 km | 46 | 1,056 |
| Reservoir Primary School, Reservoir | Government | Primary | 5.2 km | 312 | 1,070 |
| Thomastown Primary School, Thomastown | Government | Primary | 5.2 km | 176 | 967 |
| Mill Park Heights Primary School, Mill Park | Government | Primary | 5.2 km | 563 | 1,015 |
| St Luke's School, Lalor | Catholic | Primary | 5.3 km | 313 | 1,049 |
| Lalor North Secondary College, Epping | Government | Secondary | 5.3 km | 355 | 960 |
| St Thomas the Apostle School, Greensborough | Catholic | Primary | 5.3 km | 226 | 1,085 |
| Lalor North Primary School, Lalor | Government | Primary | 5.3 km | 330 | 998 |
| Northern College of the Arts and Technology, Preston | Government | Secondary | 5.4 km | 367 | 1,060 |
| William Ruthven Secondary College, Reservoir | Government | Secondary | 5.5 km | 478 | 977 |
| William Ruthven Primary School, Reservoir | Government | Primary | 5.5 km | 140 | 1,002 |
| Yarra Me School, Preston | Government | Secondary | 5.5 km | — | — |
| St Gabriel's School, Reservoir | Catholic | Primary | 5.5 km | 149 | 1,060 |
| Preston Primary School, Preston | Government | Primary | 5.7 km | 646 | 1,113 |
| Peter Lalor Secondary College, Lalor | Government | Secondary | 5.9 km | 101 | 968 |
| Merriang School, Lalor | Government | Combined | 5.9 km | 129 | 1,006 |
| Morang South Primary School, South Morang | Government | Primary | 6.2 km | 375 | 1,027 |
| North-Eastern Montessori School, St Helena | Independent | Primary | 6.7 km | 106 | 1,143 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bundoora [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20399/bundoora/topic/education