55.4% ▲ +18.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.7%
- 2016: 51.3%
- 2021: 55.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Hoppers Crossing · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Hoppers Crossing
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Lower completion rates for Year 12 and degrees mark the educational profile of Hoppers Crossing compared to state and national figures. While a higher share of people here hold degrees than in many similar areas, 20.5% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is well below the Victorian average of 29.2%.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 55.4%, a figure higher than most similar areas but well below the national average of 58.8%. Roughly 14.6% of residents finished Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Hoppers Crossing, Year 12 is the majority at 59%; Year 10 is next at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 28.1% of residents. While 22.6% have a bachelor degree, this is well below the Victorian figure of 29.2%.
20.5% ▲ +46.9%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 20.5%
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 Hoppers Crossing, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 34%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Management and commerce are the most popular fields of study at 18.5%, followed by engineering and related subjects at 16.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Hoppers Crossing has some of the largest schools in the region, with an average size of 948 students. There are 53 schools within 3km, though there are far fewer schools per 1,000 children than in most areas.
1.42
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
53
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).
948
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,052
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Hoppers Crossing
53 schools — 50,228 students, average ICSEA 1,052.
By sector: Government 34 · Catholic 13 · Independent 6
By type: Primary 28 · Combined 14 · Secondary 11
| Hoppers Crossing Secondary College, Hoppers Crossing | Government | Secondary | 0.5 km | 1,467 | 975 |
| Mossfiel Primary School, Hoppers Crossing | Government | Primary | 0.6 km | 344 | 951 |
| Bellbridge Primary School, Hoppers Crossing | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 583 | 1,003 |
| St Peter Apostle School, Hoppers Crossing | Catholic | Primary | 1.1 km | 499 | 976 |
| Baden Powell P-9 College, Hoppers Crossing | Government | Combined | 1.3 km | 827 | 1,006 |
| St James the Apostle School, Hoppers Crossing | Catholic | Primary | 1.7 km | 387 | 1,037 |
| Woodville Primary School, Hoppers Crossing | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 348 | 978 |
| Warringa Park School, Hoppers Crossing | Government | Combined | 2.0 km | 703 | 991 |
| Heathdale Christian College, Werribee | Independent | Combined | 2.2 km | 2,367 | 1,139 |
| Cambridge Primary School, Hoppers Crossing | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 660 | 1,036 |
| Truganina South Primary School, Truganina | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 594 | 1,042 |
| St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School, Tarneit | Catholic | Primary | 2.4 km | 441 | 1,053 |
| Thomas Carr College, Tarneit | Catholic | Secondary | 2.4 km | 1,347 | 1,061 |
| The Grange P-12 College, Hoppers Crossing | Government | Combined | 2.6 km | 1,919 | 973 |
| Al-Taqwa College, Truganina | Independent | Combined | 2.6 km | 2,617 | 1,069 |
| Wyndham Park Primary School, Werribee | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 404 | 948 |
| Suzanne Cory High School, Werribee | Government | Secondary | 2.8 km | 922 | 1,165 |
| Westbourne Grammar School, Truganina | Independent | Combined | 2.9 km | 2,121 | 1,166 |
| Good News Lutheran College, Tarneit | Independent | Combined | 3.4 km | 1,872 | 1,116 |
| Point Cook Senior Secondary College, Point Cook | Government | Secondary | 3.4 km | 777 | 1,024 |
| Stella Maris Catholic Primary School, Point Cook | Catholic | Primary | 3.5 km | 729 | 1,101 |
| Point Cook Prep - Year 9 College, Point Cook | Government | Combined | 3.5 km | 1,306 | 1,056 |
| St Clare's Catholic Primary School, Truganina | Catholic | Primary | 3.7 km | 442 | 1,069 |
| Truganina P-9 College, Truganina | Government | Combined | 3.7 km | 1,933 | 1,039 |
| Bethany Catholic Primary School, Werribee | Catholic | Primary | 3.8 km | 568 | 1,044 |
| Westgrove Primary School, Werribee | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 527 | 976 |
| Davis Creek Primary School, Tarneit | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 930 | 1,046 |
| Islamic College of Melbourne, Tarneit | Independent | Combined | 3.9 km | 2,017 | 1,083 |
| Tarneit P-9 College, Tarneit | Government | Combined | 4.0 km | 2,010 | 1,026 |
| Carranballac P-9 College, Point Cook | Government | Combined | 4.1 km | 848 | 1,017 |
| Dohertys Creek P-9 College, Truganina | Government | Combined | 4.2 km | 1,698 | 1,070 |
| Featherbrook P-9 College, Point Cook | Government | Combined | 4.3 km | 1,224 | 1,090 |
| Tarneit Senior College, Tarneit | Government | Secondary | 4.4 km | 895 | 1,005 |
| Bemin Secondary College, Truganina | Government | Secondary | 4.5 km | 886 | 1,015 |
| Wyndham Central Secondary College, Werribee | Government | Secondary | 4.7 km | 1,263 | 921 |
| Tarneit Rise Primary School, Tarneit | Government | Primary | 4.8 km | 1,640 | 1,051 |
| Julia Gillard Community College - 20 Synnot Street, Werribee | Independent | Secondary | 4.9 km | 54 | 941 |
| Werribee Secondary College, Werribee | Government | Secondary | 4.9 km | 1,637 | 1,048 |
| St John the Apostle Catholic Primary School, Tarneit | Catholic | Primary | 5.0 km | 384 | 1,068 |
| Garrang Wilam Primary School, Truganina | Government | Primary | 5.0 km | 559 | 1,061 |
| Seabrook Primary School, Seabrook | Government | Primary | 5.1 km | 898 | 1,096 |
| Nearnung Primary School, Tarneit | Government | Primary | 5.1 km | 485 | 1,045 |
| Karwan Primary School, Tarneit | Government | Primary | 5.2 km | 823 | 1,067 |
| St Teresa of Kolkata Catholic Primary School, Tarneit North | Catholic | Primary | 5.2 km | 204 | 1,104 |
| Lumen Christi School, Point Cook | Catholic | Primary | 5.3 km | 643 | 1,098 |
| Brinbeal Secondary College, Tarneit | Government | Secondary | 5.4 km | 454 | 1,039 |
| MacKillop Catholic Regional College, Werribee | Catholic | Secondary | 5.5 km | 1,749 | 1,058 |
| Werribee Primary School, Werribee | Government | Primary | 5.6 km | 531 | 1,014 |
| Corpus Christi School, Werribee | Catholic | Primary | 5.6 km | 446 | 1,047 |
| St Andrew's School, Werribee | Catholic | Primary | 5.7 km | 290 | 1,021 |
| Wimba Primary School, Tarneit | Government | Primary | 5.7 km | 446 | 1,053 |
| Manorvale Primary School, Werribee | Government | Primary | 5.7 km | 291 | 942 |
| Barayip Primary School, Tarneit | Government | Primary | 6.5 km | 219 | 1,059 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Hoppers Crossing [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21203/hoppers-crossing/topic/education