59.0% ▲ +25.1%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.2%
- 2016: 52.9%
- 2021: 59.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Croydon · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Croydon
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Forty-six schools within a 3km radius make Croydon one of the most well-served areas for education in the region. While 59% of residents have finished Year 12, the area stands out for having a much higher proportion of degree-qualified adults than most similar places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 59% of people here completed Year 12, which is much higher than in most similar areas and roughly the same as the national figure.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Croydon, Year 12 is the majority at 62%; Year 10 is next at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 27.1% of the population. This is much higher than most similar areas and sits just below the Victorian average.
27.1% ▲ +62.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Croydon 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 qualifications are in management and commerce at 19.1%, followed by society and culture at 12.8% and engineering at 12.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are much larger and have a much higher advantage score than those in most similar areas. There are 46 schools within 3km, though there are much fewer schools per 1,000 children than in other areas.
1.36
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
46
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).
523
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,074
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Croydon
46 schools — 24,072 students, average ICSEA 1,074.
By sector: Government 30 · Independent 10 · Catholic 6
By type: Primary 31 · Secondary 8 · Combined 7
| Croydon Primary School, Croydon | Government | Primary | 0.2 km | 225 | 955 |
| Croydon Community School, Croydon | Government | Secondary | 0.2 km | 143 | 983 |
| Sacred Heart School, Croydon | Catholic | Primary | 1.0 km | 454 | 1,065 |
| Luther College, Croydon Hills | Independent | Secondary | 1.2 km | 1,219 | 1,127 |
| Good Shepherd Lutheran Primary School, Croydon Hills | Independent | Primary | 1.5 km | 658 | 1,147 |
| Ainslie Parklands Primary School, Croydon | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 93 | 1,044 |
| Ruskin Park Primary School, Croydon | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 488 | 1,034 |
| Croydon Hills Primary School, Croydon Hills | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 737 | 1,095 |
| Melba Secondary College, Croydon | Government | Secondary | 1.9 km | 663 | 1,003 |
| Dorset Primary School, Croydon | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 525 | 1,034 |
| Yarra Valley Grammar, Ringwood | Independent | Combined | 2.2 km | 1,899 | 1,155 |
| Kalinda Primary School, Ringwood | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 424 | 1,097 |
| Croydon Special Developmental School, Croydon South | Government | Combined | 2.7 km | 106 | 976 |
| Yarra Road Primary School, Croydon North | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 244 | 1,060 |
| Yarra Hills Secondary College, Mooroolbark | Government | Secondary | 3.1 km | 530 | 972 |
| Kilsyth Primary School, Kilsyth | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 114 | 948 |
| St Peter Julian Eymard, Mooroolbark | Catholic | Primary | 3.2 km | 583 | 1,036 |
| Manchester Primary School, Mooroolbark | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 158 | 955 |
| Melbourne Rudolf Steiner School, Warranwood | Independent | Combined | 3.3 km | 470 | 1,097 |
| Village School, Croydon North | Independent | Primary | 3.3 km | 68 | 1,089 |
| Tinternvale Primary School, Ringwood East | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 328 | 1,062 |
| Mooroolbark College, Mooroolbark | Government | Secondary | 3.4 km | 934 | 982 |
| Tintern Grammar, Ringwood East | Independent | Combined | 3.5 km | 985 | 1,154 |
| Warranwood Primary School, Warranwood | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 375 | 1,089 |
| Oxley Christian College, Chirnside Park | Independent | Combined | 3.8 km | 838 | 1,119 |
| Mullum Primary School, Ringwood | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 261 | 1,064 |
| Eastwood Primary School, Ringwood East | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 555 | 1,092 |
| Pembroke Primary School, Mooroolbark | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 91 | 923 |
| Holy Spirit School, Ringwood North | Catholic | Primary | 3.9 km | 386 | 1,102 |
| St Richard's Primary School, Kilsyth | Catholic | Primary | 3.9 km | 166 | 1,058 |
| Norwood Secondary College, Ringwood | Government | Secondary | 3.9 km | 1,083 | 1,059 |
| Bimbadeen Heights Primary School, Mooroolbark | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 541 | 1,039 |
| Gladesville Primary School, Kilsyth | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 76 | 968 |
| Bayswater North Primary School, Bayswater North | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 211 | 1,015 |
| Ringwood North Primary School, Ringwood North | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 471 | 1,107 |
| Ringwood Secondary College, Ringwood | Government | Secondary | 4.7 km | 1,516 | 1,052 |
| Mooroolbark East Primary School, Mooroolbark | Government | Primary | 4.8 km | 569 | 1,013 |
| Heathmont East Primary School, Heathmont | Government | Primary | 4.8 km | 570 | 1,127 |
| Mooroolbark Grammar, Mooroolbark | Independent | Combined | 4.9 km | 39 | 997 |
| Rolling Hills Primary School, Mooroolbark | Government | Primary | 4.9 km | 409 | 1,046 |
| Billanook College, Mooroolbark | Independent | Combined | 5.1 km | 889 | 1,104 |
| Our Lady of Perpetual Help School, Ringwood | Catholic | Primary | 5.2 km | 248 | 981 |
| Great Ryrie Primary School, Heathmont | Government | Primary | 5.3 km | 566 | 1,072 |
| Chirnside Park Primary School, Chirnside Park | Government | Primary | 5.3 km | 411 | 1,040 |
| Ghilgai School, Kilsyth | Independent | Primary | 5.3 km | 94 | 1,061 |
| Aquinas College, Ringwood | Catholic | Secondary | 5.4 km | 1,659 | 1,085 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Croydon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20682/croydon/topic/education