44.9% ▲ +41.9%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 36.3%
- 2021: 44.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Hilldene · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Hilldene
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Hilldene finished high school compared to the rest of the state. Only 44.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is 17 percentage points lower than the Victorian average. This gap is also seen in higher education, where the share of adults with a university degree is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of the population finished Year 12, a result far below the 58.8% seen across Australia. Around 22.7% of residents stopped after Year 10, while 9.4% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Hilldene, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (25%) and Year 11 (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The typical adult is more likely to hold a trade qualification, with 37.9% holding a Certificate III or IV. Only 14.9% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the state figure of 29.2%.
14.9% ▲ +58.3%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 14.9%
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 Hilldene, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (20%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, led by Engineering and related subjects at 17%, followed by Management and Commerce at 15.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are three schools within 3 kilometres, which is more than 70% of similar areas. These schools are larger than most, though they have a lower average advantage score than most other areas.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
506
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
974
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Hilldene
3 schools — 1,519 students, average ICSEA 974.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Combined 2 · Primary 1
| Puckapunyal Primary School, Puckapunyal | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 189 | 1,003 |
| Seymour College, Seymour | Government | Combined | 8.0 km | 730 | 933 |
| St Mary's College, Seymour | Catholic | Combined | 8.2 km | 600 | 1,015 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Hilldene [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21191/hilldene/topic/education