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Education & Qualifications in Kew

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

More than half of adults in Kew hold a bachelor degree or higher, marking it as an exceptionally well-educated area. This high level of qualification is matched by strong school completion rates, which sit far above the state and national figures.

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📍 Kew, Suburb / Locality

Where Kew sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

52.0% ▲ +18.1%

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Kew — higher than 99% of areas.

Kew52.0%
3101, VIC 52.0%
Victoria 29.2%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Schooling outcomes are very strong here, with 83% of people finishing Year 12. This is 21 points higher than the Victorian average and 24 points above the national figure.

Completed Year 12

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83.0% ▲ +9.5%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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In Kew, Year 12 is the majority at 87%; Year 11 is next at 5%.

Year 12 83.0% Year 11 4.6% Year 9 or below 4.1% Year 10 3.7%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

The typical resident is highly qualified; 52% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is far above the national figure of 26.3%.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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52.0% ▲ +18.1%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Highest qualification level

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In Kew, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 48%, followed by Postgraduate degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (13%).

Bachelor degree 43.6% Postgraduate degree 20.9% Advanced diploma / diploma 11.8% Certificate III / IV 7.1% Graduate diploma / certificate 6.1% Certificate I / II 0.6%

Field of study

What people studied.

Qualifications in Kew are most common in management and commerce (23.8%), followed by society and culture and health, which both sit at 15%.

Schools

Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).

Local schools are larger than most and have a very high average advantage score. There are 97 schools within 3 km, with government providers making up 51.5% of the sector.

Schools within 3 km

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97

Higher than 99% 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).

Average school ICSEA

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1,140

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).

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Schools serving Kew

97 schools — 60,551 students, average ICSEA 1,140.

By sector: Government 50 · Independent 27 · Catholic 20

By type: Primary 51 · Combined 26 · Secondary 20
Giant Steps Melbourne, Kew Independent Primary 0.1 km 49 1,125
Kew Primary School, Kew Government Primary 0.4 km 512 1,151
Andale School, Kew Independent Combined 0.6 km 26 1,132
Sacred Heart School, Kew Catholic Primary 0.9 km 191 1,169
Trinity Grammar School Kew, Kew Independent Combined 1.1 km 1,577 1,180
Ruyton Girls' School, Kew Independent Combined 1.3 km 854 1,198
Xavier College, Kew Catholic Combined 1.4 km 1,503 1,154
Methodist Ladies' College, Kew Independent Combined 1.6 km 2,169 1,190
Kew East Primary School, Kew East Government Primary 1.7 km 404 1,183
St Anne's School, Kew East Catholic Primary 1.8 km 80 1,152
Alphington Primary School, Alphington Government Primary 2.0 km 365 1,173
Carey Baptist Grammar School, Kew Independent Combined 2.2 km 2,564 1,177
Hawthorn West Primary School, Hawthorn Government Primary 2.3 km 454 1,165
Genazzano FCJ College, Kew Catholic Combined 2.4 km 680 1,127
Alphington Grammar School, Alphington Independent Combined 2.4 km 679 1,150
Rossbourne School, Hawthorn Independent Secondary 2.4 km 147 1,100
Preshil, The Margaret Lyttle Memorial School, Kew Independent Combined 2.5 km 200 1,154
Sophia Mundi Steiner School, Abbotsford Independent Combined 2.5 km 139 1,140
Yarra Primary School, Richmond Government Primary 2.5 km 249 1,134
Glenferrie Primary School, Hawthorn Government Primary 2.5 km 244 1,160
Trinity Catholic School, Richmond Catholic Primary 2.6 km 213 1,065
Swinburne Senior Secondary College, Hawthorn Government Secondary 2.6 km 374 1,093
St Anthony's School, Alphington Catholic Primary 2.6 km 92 1,141
Auburn Primary School, Hawthorn East Government Primary 2.7 km 381 1,162
Melbourne Girls College, Richmond Government Secondary 2.8 km 1,531 1,142
Fairfield Primary School, Fairfield Government Primary 2.8 km 556 1,170
Deepdene Primary School, Deepdene Government Primary 2.8 km 353 1,159
St Joseph's School, Hawthorn Catholic Primary 2.8 km 369 1,156
Kew High School, Kew East Government Secondary 2.8 km 1,015 1,110
Erasmus Primary School, Hawthorn Independent Primary 2.8 km 92 1,187
Spensley Street Primary School, Clifton Hill Government Primary 2.9 km 261 1,170
Abbotsford Primary School, Abbotsford Government Primary 3.0 km 168 1,143
Our Lady of Good Counsel School, Deepdene Catholic Primary 3.0 km 144 1,138
Bindjiroo Yaluk Community School, Richmond Government Secondary 3.0 km 79 1,021
Richmond High School, Richmond Government Secondary 3.1 km 476 1,049
Camberwell Girls Grammar School, Canterbury Independent Combined 3.1 km 777 1,180
Mary Immaculate School, Ivanhoe Catholic Primary 3.4 km 102 1,147
Richmond West Primary School, Richmond Government Primary 3.4 km 281 1,075
Ivanhoe Grammar School, Ivanhoe Independent Combined 3.4 km 2,500 1,169
Collingwood College, Collingwood Government Combined 3.6 km 691 1,022
Camberwell Grammar School, Canterbury Independent Combined 3.6 km 1,346 1,192
Westgarth Primary School, Northcote Government Primary 3.6 km 550 1,204
Scotch College, Hawthorn Independent Combined 3.6 km 1,957 1,188
St Bede's School, Balwyn North Catholic Primary 3.6 km 264 1,133
Ignatius Learning Centre, Richmond Catholic Secondary 3.7 km 41 —
Melbourne Indigenous Transition School, Richmond Independent Secondary 3.7 km 42 761
Clifton Hill Primary School, Clifton Hill Government Primary 3.8 km 691 1,186
St Kevin's College, Toorak Catholic Combined 3.8 km 2,087 1,192
Ivanhoe East Primary School, Ivanhoe East Government Primary 3.9 km 480 1,155
St Joseph's School, Collingwood Catholic Primary 3.9 km 62 928
Victorian School Of Languages, Collingwood Government Combined 4.0 km — —
Canterbury Girls Secondary College, Canterbury Government Secondary 4.0 km 775 1,141
Ivanhoe Primary School, Ivanhoe Government Primary 4.0 km 557 1,157
Balwyn North Primary School, Balwyn North Government Primary 4.0 km 554 1,139
Balwyn High School, Balwyn North Government Secondary 4.1 km 2,260 1,141
Collingwood English Language School, Collingwood Government Combined 4.1 km 357 906
Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School, Ivanhoe Independent Combined 4.2 km 850 1,181
Richmond Primary School, Richmond Government Primary 4.2 km 316 1,150
St Catherine's School, Toorak Independent Combined 4.2 km 685 1,175
Camberwell Primary School, Camberwell Government Primary 4.2 km 552 1,194
Fitzroy High School, Fitzroy North Government Secondary 4.2 km 431 1,086
St Joseph's School, Northcote Catholic Primary 4.2 km 190 1,110
Santa Maria College, Northcote Catholic Secondary 4.3 km 779 1,110
St Bernadette's School, Ivanhoe Catholic Primary 4.3 km 191 1,149
Fitzroy Primary School, Fitzroy Government Primary 4.4 km 198 1,028
Auburn South Primary School, Hawthorn East Government Primary 4.4 km 549 1,165
Virtual School Victoria, Thornbury Government Combined 4.4 km 6,248 1,073
Belmore School, Balwyn Government Combined 4.4 km 41 1,096
Auburn High School, Hawthorn East Government Secondary 4.4 km 849 1,140
SEDA College (Victoria), Camberwell Independent Secondary 4.5 km 721 1,036
Northcote Primary School, Northcote Government Primary 4.5 km 303 1,166
Fitzroy North Primary School, Fitzroy North Government Primary 4.5 km 363 1,150
Sacred Heart School, Fitzroy Catholic Primary 4.6 km 152 936
Fintona Girls' School, Balwyn Independent Combined 4.6 km 533 1,191
Bialik College, Hawthorn Independent Combined 4.6 km 987 1,164
Balwyn Primary School, Balwyn Government Primary 4.7 km 574 1,171
Merri Creek Primary School, Fitzroy North Government Primary 4.7 km 442 1,186
Holy Spirit School, Thornbury Catholic Primary 4.7 km 129 1,107
Fitzroy Community School, Fitzroy North Independent Primary 4.7 km 98 1,221
Northcote High School, Northcote Government Secondary 4.7 km 1,668 1,153
Belle Vue Primary School, Balwyn North Government Primary 4.7 km 126 1,122
Wales Street Primary School, Thornbury Government Primary 4.9 km 616 1,140
Camberwell High School, Canterbury Government Secondary 4.9 km 824 1,119
Deutsche Schule Melbourne, Fitzroy North Independent Primary 4.9 km 165 1,186
Academy of Mary Immaculate, Fitzroy Catholic Secondary 5.0 km 612 1,079
St Paul's College, Balwyn Independent Combined 5.0 km 50 1,090
Boroondara Park Primary School, Balwyn North Government Primary 5.2 km 278 1,138
Carlton North Primary School, Carlton North Government Primary 5.2 km 297 1,148
Strathcona Baptist Girls' Grammar, Canterbury Independent Combined 5.3 km 814 1,135
Carlton Gardens Primary School, Carlton Government Primary 5.4 km 435 1,133
Carlton Primary School, Carlton Government Primary 5.5 km 114 957
Hester Hornbrook Academy, Melbourne Independent Secondary 5.5 km 701 943
Ozford College, Melbourne Independent Secondary 5.6 km 101 1,008
Chatham Primary School, Surrey Hills Government Primary 5.6 km 241 1,147
Canterbury Primary School, Canterbury Government Primary 5.7 km 639 1,192
Greythorn Primary School, Balwyn North Government Primary 5.7 km 434 1,152
Siena College Ltd, Camberwell Catholic Secondary 5.8 km 691 1,153

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
  • Australian Schools List — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2025 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kew [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21336/kew/topic/education