48.7% ▲ +20.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.4%
- 2016: 42.9%
- 2021: 48.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kinglake · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kinglake
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people in Kinglake have finished Year 12 than in most similar areas, though this remains far below the state and national figures. While many adults hold trade certificates, only 15.2% have a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer than half of residents (48.7%) have completed Year 12, a result that is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. About 17.4% of the community finished Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Kinglake, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Trade qualifications are common here, with 40.1% of adults holding a Certificate III or IV. This helps explain why the proportion of people with a bachelor degree or higher is far below the national figure.
15.2% ▲ +34.6%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 15.2%
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 Kinglake, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (22%) and Bachelor degree (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are engineering and related subjects at 18%, followed by society and culture at 12.3% and management and commerce at 11.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are typically much smaller than in most areas, with an average size of 70 students. All five schools within 3km are government primary schools, and they have a higher average advantage score than most similar areas.
3.56
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
5
Higher than 73% 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).
70
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,018
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Kinglake
5 schools — 349 students, average ICSEA 1,018.
By sector: Government 5
By type: Primary 5
| Kinglake Primary School, Kinglake | Government | Primary | 0.7 km | 70 | 1,007 |
| Middle Kinglake Primary School, Kinglake Central | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 81 | 1,025 |
| Strathewen Primary School, Strathewen | Government | Primary | 7.7 km | 28 | 1,068 |
| Kinglake West Primary School, Kinglake West | Government | Primary | 9.0 km | 130 | 993 |
| St Andrews Primary School, St Andrews | Government | Primary | 11.5 km | 40 | 1,065 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kinglake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21358/kinglake/topic/education