56.1% ▲ +44.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.9%
- 2016: 47.9%
- 2021: 56.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Hadfield · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Hadfield
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of nearly 6 percentage points separates Hadfield from the Victorian average for Year 12 completion. While more residents here finish high school than in most similar areas, the suburb still falls well below state and national figures. This trend continues into higher education, where university degrees are more common than in similar suburbs but less common than across the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 56.1% of residents finished Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. Another 16.7% of people had Year 9 or below as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Hadfield, Year 12 is the majority at 61%; Year 9 or below is next at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 23.7% of the population, a figure much higher than most similar areas. However, this remains a little below the Australian average of 26.3%.
23.7% ▲ +123.1%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Hadfield splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (33%) and Certificate III / IV (28%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 17.3%, followed by engineering at 12.9% and society and culture at 12.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Hadfield has a high number of schools within 3km, though it has among the lowest number of schools per 1,000 children. Local schools are generally larger and have a much higher advantage score than those in most similar areas.
0.84
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
42
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).
574
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,050
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Hadfield
42 schools — 24,127 students, average ICSEA 1,050.
By sector: Government 25 · Catholic 12 · Independent 5
By type: Primary 26 · Secondary 8 · Combined 8
| St Thomas More's School, Hadfield | Catholic | Primary | 0.6 km | 366 | 1,074 |
| Belle Vue Park Primary School, Glenroy | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 159 | 949 |
| Pascoe Vale North Primary School, Pascoe Vale | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 355 | 1,038 |
| St Mark's School, Fawkner | Catholic | Primary | 1.4 km | 170 | 1,076 |
| Westbreen Primary School, Pascoe Vale | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 422 | 1,051 |
| Pascoe Vale Girls Secondary College, Pascoe Vale | Government | Secondary | 1.5 km | 719 | 987 |
| Darul Ulum College of Victoria, Fawkner | Independent | Combined | 1.9 km | 1,766 | 1,005 |
| Glenroy College, Glenroy | Government | Secondary | 2.1 km | 454 | 931 |
| St Matthew's School, Fawkner | Catholic | Primary | 2.1 km | 204 | 1,009 |
| John Fawkner Secondary College, Fawkner | Government | Secondary | 2.1 km | 234 | 958 |
| Fawkner Primary School, Fawkner | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 238 | 1,020 |
| Moomba Park Primary School, Fawkner | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 205 | 1,018 |
| Glenroy Central Primary School, Glenroy | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 263 | 986 |
| St Oliver Plunkett's School, Pascoe Vale | Catholic | Primary | 2.4 km | 379 | 1,100 |
| Glenroy Private, Glenroy | Independent | Combined | 2.4 km | 632 | 992 |
| Corpus Christi School, Glenroy | Catholic | Primary | 2.5 km | 174 | 1,055 |
| Pascoe Vale Primary School, Pascoe Vale | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 456 | 1,066 |
| Mercy College, Coburg | Catholic | Secondary | 2.6 km | 403 | 1,029 |
| St Francis de Sales School, Oak Park | Catholic | Primary | 2.7 km | 237 | 1,085 |
| Coburg North Primary School, Coburg | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 509 | 1,128 |
| Glenroy Specialist School, Glenroy | Government | Combined | 3.0 km | 167 | 987 |
| Meadows Primary School, Broadmeadows | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 263 | 922 |
| Oak Park Primary School, Oak Park | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 388 | 1,095 |
| Sirius College, Broadmeadows | Independent | Combined | 3.2 km | 3,284 | 1,088 |
| Australian International Academy of Education, Coburg | Independent | Combined | 3.2 km | 2,215 | 1,071 |
| Antonine College, Pascoe Vale South | Catholic | Combined | 3.5 km | 927 | 982 |
| St Paul's School, Coburg | Catholic | Primary | 3.5 km | 200 | 1,097 |
| Strathmore Secondary College, Strathmore | Government | Secondary | 3.6 km | 1,958 | 1,086 |
| Penola Catholic College, Broadmeadows | Catholic | Secondary | 3.6 km | 1,373 | 1,000 |
| Glenroy West Primary School, Glenroy | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 333 | 1,031 |
| St Dominic's School, Broadmeadows | Catholic | Primary | 3.7 km | 226 | 958 |
| Newlands Primary School, Preston | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 437 | 1,146 |
| Coburg Primary School, Coburg | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 346 | 1,113 |
| Strathmore North Primary School, Strathmore | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 632 | 1,116 |
| Reservoir West Primary School, Reservoir | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 600 | 1,068 |
| Broadmeadows Primary School, Broadmeadows | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 252 | 948 |
| St Joseph the Worker School, Reservoir | Catholic | Primary | 3.9 km | 245 | 1,049 |
| Coburg High School, Coburg | Government | Secondary | 3.9 km | 1,265 | 1,099 |
| Strathmore Primary School, Strathmore | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 304 | 1,104 |
| Jacana School for Autism, Jacana | Government | Combined | 4.0 km | 228 | 1,005 |
| Coburg Special Developmental School, Coburg | Government | Combined | 4.1 km | 67 | 1,028 |
| Islamic College of Sport, Coburg | Independent | Secondary | 4.1 km | 72 | 989 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Hadfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21124/hadfield/topic/education