65.4% ▲ +19.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.7%
- 2016: 58.1%
- 2021: 65.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
East Geelong · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in East Geelong
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than a third of adults in East Geelong hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is well above the national figure. This is a highly educated area where most residents have finished their secondary schooling and achieved high-level qualifications.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is strong here, with 65.4% of people finishing Year 12. This is well above the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In East Geelong, Year 12 is the majority at 68%; Year 11 is next at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area is much more qualified than most similar places, with 36.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is nearly 10 percentage points higher than the national average.
36.1% ▲ +36.6%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 36.1%
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 East Geelong, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 38%, followed by Certificate III / IV (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with health being the most common at 18.4%, followed by management and commerce at 15%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are larger and have a much higher advantage score than most areas. While there are 20 schools within 3 km, the number of schools per 1,000 children is much lower than in most other places.
1.59
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
20
Higher than 87% 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).
443
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,072
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving East Geelong
20 schools — 8,851 students, average ICSEA 1,072.
By sector: Government 12 · Catholic 7 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 14 · Secondary 4 · Combined 2
| Geelong High School, East Geelong | Government | Secondary | 0.7 km | 976 | 998 |
| Tate Street Primary School Geelong, Geelong East | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 164 | 1,029 |
| St Margaret's School, East Geelong | Catholic | Primary | 1.1 km | 241 | 1,063 |
| Christ the King School, Newcomb | Catholic | Primary | 1.5 km | 269 | 1,061 |
| Newcomb Primary School, Newcomb | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 142 | 960 |
| St Mary's School, Geelong | Catholic | Primary | 1.6 km | 214 | 1,114 |
| Geelong South Primary School, South Geelong | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 326 | 1,088 |
| Newcomb Secondary College, Newcomb | Government | Secondary | 2.1 km | 515 | 950 |
| MacKillop Specialist School - Whittington, Whittington | Catholic | Combined | 2.1 km | 196 | 993 |
| Geelong East Primary School, Geelong East | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 147 | 948 |
| Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary College, Geelong | Government | Secondary | 2.6 km | 614 | 1,046 |
| Whittington Primary School, Whittington | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 153 | 896 |
| Chilwell Primary School, Newtown | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 408 | 1,139 |
| St Robert's School, Newtown | Catholic | Primary | 3.4 km | 261 | 1,099 |
| Ashby Primary School, Geelong West | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 259 | 1,059 |
| The Geelong College, Newtown | Independent | Combined | 3.6 km | 1,573 | 1,156 |
| Sacred Heart College, Newtown | Catholic | Secondary | 3.7 km | 1,450 | 1,105 |
| Belmont Primary School, Belmont | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 301 | 1,112 |
| St Patrick's School, Geelong West | Catholic | Primary | 3.9 km | 418 | 1,107 |
| Oberon Primary School, Belmont | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 224 | 1,024 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in East Geelong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20829/east-geelong/topic/education