67.7% ▲ +19.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.7%
- 2016: 62.4%
- 2021: 67.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Highton · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Highton
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Over a third of adults in Highton hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is well above the national figure. This reflects a highly educated community where school completion and university degrees are far more common than in most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Schooling levels are high here, with 67.7% of residents completing Year 12. This is well above the 61.8% seen across Victoria and 8.9 percentage points higher than the Australian average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Highton, Year 12 is the majority at 71%; Year 11 is next at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 36.0% of adults, a figure much higher than most similar areas. This is 9.7 percentage points above the national average of 26.3%.
36.0% ▲ +44.3%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 36.0%
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 Highton, 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.
The most common fields of qualification are management and commerce at 17.7%, followed by health at 14.5% and engineering at 13.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Highton has 37 schools within 3km, which is among the largest number for any area of this level. These schools are generally larger and have much higher advantage scores than those in most other areas.
1.02
Lower than 92% 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).
539
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,074
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Highton
37 schools — 19,931 students, average ICSEA 1,074.
By sector: Government 26 · Catholic 8 · Independent 3
By type: Primary 25 · Secondary 7 · Combined 5
| Highton Primary School, Highton | Government | Primary | 0.6 km | 359 | 1,121 |
| Montpellier Primary School, Highton | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 563 | 1,101 |
| Bellaire Primary School, Highton | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 623 | 1,094 |
| Christian College Geelong - Middle School – Highton, Highton | Independent | Combined | 1.4 km | 1,908 | 1,098 |
| Barwon Valley School, Belmont | Government | Combined | 1.6 km | 161 | 1,004 |
| Roslyn Primary School, Belmont | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 249 | 1,082 |
| Belmont High School, Belmont | Government | Secondary | 1.8 km | 1,291 | 1,053 |
| Clairvaux Catholic School, Belmont | Catholic | Primary | 1.9 km | 631 | 1,095 |
| Woodline Primary, Ceres | Independent | Primary | 2.2 km | 73 | 1,100 |
| Fyans Park Primary School, Newtown | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 405 | 1,131 |
| Belmont Primary School, Belmont | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 301 | 1,112 |
| Oberon Primary School, Belmont | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 224 | 1,024 |
| Geelong English Language School (interim name), Belmont | Government | Combined | 2.8 km | 95 | 884 |
| Wangala Primary School, Belmont | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 99 | 986 |
| St Joseph's College Geelong, Newtown | Catholic | Secondary | 3.2 km | 1,742 | 1,075 |
| Mandama Primary School, Grovedale | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 352 | 1,008 |
| St Robert's School, Newtown | Catholic | Primary | 3.4 km | 261 | 1,099 |
| The Geelong College, Newtown | Independent | Combined | 3.5 km | 1,573 | 1,156 |
| Chilwell Primary School, Newtown | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 408 | 1,139 |
| Nazareth School, Grovedale | Catholic | Primary | 3.7 km | 367 | 1,076 |
| Sacred Heart College, Newtown | Catholic | Secondary | 3.7 km | 1,450 | 1,105 |
| Newtown Primary School, Newtown | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 193 | 1,076 |
| Ceres Primary School, Ceres | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 124 | 1,069 |
| Grovedale Primary School, Grovedale | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 343 | 1,009 |
| Grovedale West Primary School, Grovedale | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 324 | 1,026 |
| Grovedale College, Grovedale | Government | Secondary | 4.4 km | 693 | 996 |
| Holy Spirit Parish School, Manifold Heights | Catholic | Primary | 4.5 km | 326 | 1,068 |
| Manifold Heights Primary School, Manifold Heights | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 469 | 1,082 |
| Geelong South Primary School, South Geelong | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 326 | 1,088 |
| Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary College, Geelong | Government | Secondary | 4.6 km | 614 | 1,046 |
| Ashby Primary School, Geelong West | Government | Primary | 5.0 km | 259 | 1,059 |
| Clonard College, Herne Hill | Catholic | Secondary | 5.1 km | 940 | 1,051 |
| Herne Hill Primary School, Hamlyn Heights | Government | Primary | 5.2 km | 267 | 1,023 |
| St Patrick's School, Geelong West | Catholic | Primary | 5.3 km | 418 | 1,107 |
| Hamlyn Views School, Hamlyn Heights | Government | Combined | 5.8 km | 150 | 998 |
| Western Heights Secondary College, Hamlyn Heights | Government | Secondary | 5.8 km | 1,060 | 991 |
| Hamlyn Banks Primary School, Hamlyn Heights | Government | Primary | 6.3 km | 290 | 976 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Highton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21187/highton/topic/education