80.1% ▲ +14.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.7%
- 2016: 76.0%
- 2021: 80.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Docklands · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Docklands
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Highly educated residents define Docklands, where over half of adults hold a university degree. This is among the highest levels of qualification seen in similar areas, with a typical resident far more likely to have finished high school than the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
An impressive 80.1% of people have completed Year 12, which is far above the national figure of 58.8% and the Victorian average of 61.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Docklands, Year 12 is the majority at 88%; Year 11 is next at 5%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are very common here, with 56.3% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far above the 26.3% seen across Australia.
56.3% ▲ +39.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.5%
- 2016: 47.0%
- 2021: 56.3%
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 Docklands, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 49%, followed by Postgraduate degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (12%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Degrees in management and commerce are the most common, making up 26% of qualifications, followed by engineering at 13.3% and information technology at 12.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
While there are 37 schools within 3km, there are among the lowest number of schools per 1,000 children. The local schools are larger than most and have some of the highest advantage scores in the region.
0.83
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
37
Higher than 90% 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).
515
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,100
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Docklands
37 schools — 19,045 students, average ICSEA 1,100.
By sector: Government 21 · Catholic 11 · Independent 5
By type: Primary 19 · Secondary 15 · Combined 3
| Docklands Primary School, Docklands | Government | Primary | 0.7 km | 616 | 1,133 |
| Port Melbourne Secondary College, Port Melbourne | Government | Secondary | 1.7 km | 416 | 1,101 |
| Montague School, South Melbourne | Government | Secondary | 1.8 km | 16 | 983 |
| South Melbourne Primary School, Southbank | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 502 | 1,144 |
| Simonds Catholic College, West Melbourne | Catholic | Secondary | 1.9 km | 359 | 1,053 |
| Port Melbourne Primary School, Port Melbourne | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 697 | 1,134 |
| River Nile School, North Melbourne | Independent | Secondary | 2.1 km | 121 | 820 |
| Port Phillip Specialist School, Port Melbourne | Government | Combined | 2.1 km | 99 | 1,082 |
| Saints College - North Melbourne Campus, North Melbourne | Catholic | Secondary | 2.2 km | 1,524 | 935 |
| North Melbourne Primary School, North Melbourne | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 910 | 1,136 |
| Galilee Regional Catholic Primary School, South Melbourne | Catholic | Primary | 2.5 km | 369 | 1,154 |
| Holy Rosary School, Kensington | Catholic | Primary | 2.6 km | 242 | 1,149 |
| Victorian College Of The Arts Secondary School, Southbank | Government | Secondary | 2.6 km | 344 | 1,141 |
| University High School, Parkville | Government | Secondary | 2.8 km | 1,983 | 1,117 |
| Ozford College, Melbourne | Independent | Secondary | 2.8 km | 101 | 1,008 |
| St Aloysius College, North Melbourne | Catholic | Secondary | 2.8 km | 673 | 1,127 |
| St Michael's Primary School, North Melbourne | Catholic | Primary | 2.8 km | 236 | 1,098 |
| Hester Hornbrook Academy, Melbourne | Independent | Secondary | 2.9 km | 701 | 943 |
| Albert Park Primary School, Albert Park | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 430 | 1,156 |
| Kensington Primary School, Kensington | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 427 | 1,153 |
| Albert Park College, Albert Park | Government | Secondary | 3.1 km | 1,657 | 1,127 |
| Carlton Gardens Primary School, Carlton | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 435 | 1,133 |
| Youth2Industry College, South Melbourne | Independent | Secondary | 3.3 km | 64 | 1,033 |
| South Melbourne Park Primary School, Albert Park | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 402 | 1,105 |
| St Monica's School, Footscray | Catholic | Primary | 3.3 km | 89 | 1,051 |
| Kensington Community High School, Kensington | Government | Secondary | 3.5 km | 95 | 1,008 |
| Footscray City Primary School, Footscray | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 455 | 1,125 |
| Academy of Mary Immaculate, Fitzroy | Catholic | Secondary | 3.6 km | 612 | 1,079 |
| Debney Meadows Primary School, Flemington | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 109 | 903 |
| MacRobertson Girls High School, Melbourne | Government | Secondary | 3.6 km | 1,195 | 1,186 |
| Carlton Primary School, Carlton | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 114 | 957 |
| Middle Park Primary School, Middle Park | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 393 | 1,150 |
| St Brendan's School, Flemington | Catholic | Primary | 3.7 km | 82 | 993 |
| Melbourne Grammar School, Melbourne | Independent | Combined | 3.8 km | 1,905 | 1,177 |
| Sacred Heart School, Fitzroy | Catholic | Primary | 4.0 km | 152 | 936 |
| St Augustine's School, Yarraville | Catholic | Primary | 4.2 km | 163 | 1,125 |
| Collingwood English Language School, Collingwood | Government | Combined | 4.3 km | 357 | 906 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Docklands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20766/docklands/topic/education