42.3% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 49.5%
- 2021: 42.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Exford · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Exford
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III and IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Exford, where 38.9% of adults hold one. This is an area where fewer people have finished high school or university compared to state and national trends.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 42.3% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8% and the Australian figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Exford, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 10 (26%) and Year 9 or below (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 11.3% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, a result that is far below both the state (29.2%) and national (26.3%) figures.
11.3% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 11.3%
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 Exford, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (26%) and Bachelor degree (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are engineering and related subjects at 16.7%, followed by architecture, building, management, and commerce, which each account for 11.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Exford has a high number of schools for its size, with 10 within 3 km and an average school size of 885 students. Half of these schools are government-run.
27.78
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
10
Higher than 79% 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).
885
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,004
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Exford
10 schools — 8,851 students, average ICSEA 1,004.
By sector: Government 5 · Independent 3 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 6 · Combined 3 · Secondary 1
| Exford Primary School, Exford | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 326 | 1,003 |
| St Lawrence of Brindisi Catholic Primary School, Weir Views | Catholic | Primary | 2.2 km | 473 | 1,024 |
| Al Iman College, Melton South | Independent | Combined | 2.8 km | 1,149 | 1,059 |
| Staughton College, Melton South | Government | Secondary | 2.8 km | 1,705 | 956 |
| Binap Primary School, Brookfield | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 406 | 972 |
| St Anthony's School, Melton South | Catholic | Primary | 3.0 km | 646 | 1,000 |
| Melton South Primary School, Melton South | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 972 | 962 |
| Melton Christian College, Brookfield | Independent | Combined | 3.2 km | 1,268 | 1,044 |
| Strathtulloh Primary School, Strathtulloh | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 1,350 | 1,024 |
| OneSchool Global Vic, Melton West | Independent | Combined | 4.7 km | 556 | 984 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Exford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20898/exford/topic/education