63.5% ▲ +39.1%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.6%
- 2016: 55.8%
- 2021: 63.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Glenroy · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Glenroy
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Well above the national figures for schooling and degrees, Glenroy is a highly qualified area. About 63.5% of residents have finished Year 12, and over 30% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is high at 63.5%, which is well above the Australian figure of 58.8% and a little above the state average. Only 12.3% of people have a Year 9 education or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Glenroy, Year 12 is the majority at 70%; Year 9 or below is next at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area has a strong academic profile, with 30.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Australian average of 26.3%.
30.1% ▲ +96.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 30.1%
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 Glenroy, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 36%, followed by Certificate III / IV (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are most common in management and commerce at 19.7%, followed by engineering and related fields at 12.7% and society and culture at 11.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Glenroy has 51 schools within 3km, though it has much lower school numbers per 1,000 children than most areas. Most of these are government primary schools, with an average school size of 574 students.
1.69
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
51
Higher than 92% 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).
574
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,026
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Glenroy
51 schools — 29,249 students, average ICSEA 1,026.
By sector: Government 32 · Catholic 14 · Independent 5
By type: Primary 33 · Combined 10 · Secondary 8
| Glenroy College, Glenroy | Government | Secondary | 0.2 km | 454 | 931 |
| Glenroy Central Primary School, Glenroy | Government | Primary | 0.3 km | 263 | 986 |
| Corpus Christi School, Glenroy | Catholic | Primary | 0.5 km | 174 | 1,055 |
| Glenroy Private, Glenroy | Independent | Combined | 0.8 km | 632 | 992 |
| Glenroy Specialist School, Glenroy | Government | Combined | 1.0 km | 167 | 987 |
| Belle Vue Park Primary School, Glenroy | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 159 | 949 |
| St Thomas More's School, Hadfield | Catholic | Primary | 1.5 km | 366 | 1,074 |
| Westbreen Primary School, Pascoe Vale | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 422 | 1,051 |
| Pascoe Vale Girls Secondary College, Pascoe Vale | Government | Secondary | 1.6 km | 719 | 987 |
| St Francis de Sales School, Oak Park | Catholic | Primary | 1.8 km | 237 | 1,085 |
| Glenroy West Primary School, Glenroy | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 333 | 1,031 |
| Oak Park Primary School, Oak Park | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 388 | 1,095 |
| Meadows Primary School, Broadmeadows | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 263 | 922 |
| Penola Catholic College, Broadmeadows | Catholic | Secondary | 1.9 km | 1,373 | 1,000 |
| St Dominic's School, Broadmeadows | Catholic | Primary | 2.2 km | 226 | 958 |
| Jacana School for Autism, Jacana | Government | Combined | 2.2 km | 228 | 1,005 |
| Sirius College, Broadmeadows | Independent | Combined | 2.3 km | 3,284 | 1,088 |
| Strathmore North Primary School, Strathmore | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 632 | 1,116 |
| Pascoe Vale North Primary School, Pascoe Vale | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 355 | 1,038 |
| Broadmeadows Primary School, Broadmeadows | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 252 | 948 |
| Broadmeadows Special Developmental School, Broadmeadows | Government | Combined | 2.8 km | 361 | 970 |
| Hume Central Secondary College, Broadmeadows | Government | Secondary | 2.9 km | 1,093 | 900 |
| Broadmeadows Valley Primary School, Broadmeadows | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 210 | 912 |
| Pascoe Vale Primary School, Pascoe Vale | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 456 | 1,066 |
| My College, Dallas | Independent | Combined | 3.2 km | 325 | 1,005 |
| Gladstone Views Primary School, Gladstone Park | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 312 | 997 |
| St Oliver Plunkett's School, Pascoe Vale | Catholic | Primary | 3.2 km | 379 | 1,100 |
| St Mark's School, Fawkner | Catholic | Primary | 3.4 km | 170 | 1,076 |
| Moomba Park Primary School, Fawkner | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 205 | 1,018 |
| Hume Valley School, Broadmeadows | Government | Combined | 3.5 km | 380 | 934 |
| St Matthew's School, Fawkner | Catholic | Primary | 3.5 km | 204 | 1,009 |
| Strathmore Primary School, Strathmore | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 304 | 1,104 |
| Strathmore Secondary College, Strathmore | Government | Secondary | 3.6 km | 1,958 | 1,086 |
| School of the Good Shepherd, Gladstone Park | Catholic | Primary | 3.7 km | 374 | 1,046 |
| Gladstone Park Secondary College, Gladstone Park | Government | Secondary | 3.7 km | 1,309 | 994 |
| Darul Ulum College of Victoria, Fawkner | Independent | Combined | 3.8 km | 1,766 | 1,005 |
| John Fawkner Secondary College, Fawkner | Government | Secondary | 3.8 km | 234 | 958 |
| Ilim College, Dallas | Independent | Combined | 4.0 km | 2,868 | 1,024 |
| Dallas Brooks Community Primary School, Dallas | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 410 | 893 |
| Gladstone Park Primary School, Gladstone Park | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 408 | 1,011 |
| Coburg North Primary School, Coburg | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 509 | 1,128 |
| Fawkner Primary School, Fawkner | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 238 | 1,020 |
| St Vincent de Paul's School, Strathmore | Catholic | Primary | 4.2 km | 431 | 1,124 |
| Antonine College, Pascoe Vale South | Catholic | Combined | 4.3 km | 927 | 982 |
| Westmeadows Primary School, Westmeadows | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 463 | 992 |
| Mercy College, Coburg | Catholic | Secondary | 4.3 km | 403 | 1,029 |
| Tullamarine Primary School, Tullamarine | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 206 | 997 |
| Campbellfield Heights Primary School, Campbellfield | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 148 | 943 |
| St Christopher's School, Airport West | Catholic | Primary | 4.8 km | 727 | 1,083 |
| Niddrie Primary School, Niddrie | Government | Primary | 5.3 km | 299 | 1,052 |
| St Joseph the Worker School, Reservoir | Catholic | Primary | 5.7 km | 245 | 1,049 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Glenroy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21047/glenroy/topic/education