69.9% ▲ +9.9%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.6%
- 2016: 66.7%
- 2021: 69.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kallista · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kallista
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Much higher levels of education than most similar areas define Kallista, where nearly 70% of residents have completed Year 12. This high standard of schooling is matched by a strong proportion of adults holding university degrees, making the community significantly more qualified than the state and national averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 69.9% of people here finished Year 12, which is far above the Australian figure of 58.8% and well above Victoria's 61.8%. Only 3.5% of residents left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Kallista, Year 12 is the majority at 73%; Year 11 is next at 12%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 35.8% of the population, a figure well above both the state and national averages. This includes 12.6% who hold a postgraduate degree.
35.8% ▲ +27.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 35.8%
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 Kallista, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 34%, followed by Certificate III / IV (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Kallista are spread across several fields, led by society and culture at 14.9% and management and commerce at 14.7%. Engineering and education also account for over 11% each.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is well served by 18 schools within 3km, which is more than most similar places. These schools have a much higher average advantage score than most areas, with 77.8% being government schools.
18
Higher than 86% 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).
286
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,063
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Kallista
18 schools — 5,151 students, average ICSEA 1,063.
By sector: Government 14 · Catholic 3 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 13 · Secondary 3 · Combined 2
| The Patch Primary School, The Patch | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 286 | 1,086 |
| Menzies Creek Primary School, Menzies Creek | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 67 | 1,057 |
| Monbulk Primary School, Monbulk | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 214 | 1,032 |
| Monbulk College, Monbulk | Government | Secondary | 2.6 km | 583 | 1,044 |
| Kallista Primary School, Kallista | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 91 | 1,118 |
| St Paul's School, Monbulk | Catholic | Primary | 3.4 km | 115 | 1,046 |
| Selby Primary School, Selby | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 165 | 1,109 |
| Mater Christi College, Belgrave | Catholic | Secondary | 4.3 km | 688 | 1,093 |
| St Thomas More's School, Belgrave | Catholic | Primary | 4.7 km | 101 | 1,089 |
| Emerald Primary School, Emerald | Government | Primary | 5.1 km | 445 | 1,061 |
| Tecoma Primary School, Tecoma | Government | Primary | 5.4 km | 361 | 1,080 |
| Belgrave South Primary School, Belgrave South | Government | Primary | 5.4 km | 375 | 1,065 |
| Emerald Secondary College, Emerald | Government | Secondary | 5.5 km | 620 | 1,005 |
| Belgrave Heights Christian School, Belgrave Heights | Independent | Combined | 5.7 km | 776 | 1,078 |
| Sherbrooke Community School, Sassafras | Government | Combined | 5.9 km | 95 | 982 |
| Olinda Primary School, Olinda | Government | Primary | 5.9 km | 13 | 964 |
| Sassafras Primary School, Sassafras | Government | Primary | 6.0 km | 29 | 1,055 |
| Ferny Creek Primary School, Ferny Creek | Government | Primary | 6.4 km | 127 | 1,111 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kallista [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21286/kallista/topic/education