50.9% ▲ +26.8%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.2%
- 2016: 45.4%
- 2021: 50.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Darley · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Darley
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than 16% of adults in Darley hold a bachelor's degree or higher, a figure far below the national average. While the area has a higher rate of Year 12 completion than many similar places, it still lags significantly behind Victoria and the rest of Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About half of residents (50.9%) finished Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this remains well below the Australian figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Darley, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The typical qualification here is a Certificate III or IV, held by 39.4% of adults. This helps explain why the 15.9% of people with a university degree is far below the Victorian average of 29.2%.
15.9% ▲ +52.1%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 15.9%
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 Darley, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with higher qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related studies at 17.4%, followed by management and commerce at 16%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Schools in Darley are much larger than in most similar areas, with an average size of 537 students. Most are government primary schools, and there are six schools within 3 km.
1.03
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
6
Higher than 74% 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).
537
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
995
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Darley
6 schools — 3,223 students, average ICSEA 995.
By sector: Government 5 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 5 · Secondary 1
| Pentland Primary School, Bacchus Marsh | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 556 | 1,009 |
| Darley Primary School, Darley | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 505 | 988 |
| St Bernard's School, Bacchus Marsh | Catholic | Primary | 4.1 km | 328 | 1,035 |
| Bacchus Marsh Primary School, Bacchus Marsh | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 776 | 1,008 |
| Coimadai Primary School, Coimadai | Government | Primary | 5.4 km | 71 | 994 |
| Bacchus Marsh College, Bacchus Marsh | Government | Secondary | 5.5 km | 987 | 966 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Darley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20712/darley/topic/education