64.3% ▲ +24.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.6%
- 2016: 57.9%
- 2021: 64.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Knoxfield · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Knoxfield
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Much higher levels of schooling and degrees than most similar areas define Knoxfield. High school completion is strong here, with 64.3% of residents finishing Year 12, which is well above the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is a little above the Victorian rate at 64.3%, while 12.8% of the population stopped after Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Knoxfield, Year 12 is the majority at 67%; Year 10 is next at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 29.5% of the population, a figure well above the Australian average. The most common high-level qualification is a bachelor degree at 31.3%.
29.5% ▲ +59.5%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 29.5%
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 Knoxfield, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 35%, followed by Certificate III / IV (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for residents are management and commerce at 21.7%, followed by engineering and related fields at 16.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has 38 schools within 3km, though there are much fewer schools per 1,000 children than in most areas. Government schools make up 68.4% of the local sector.
1.57
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
38
Higher than 90% 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).
428
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,074
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Knoxfield
38 schools — 16,261 students, average ICSEA 1,074.
By sector: Government 26 · Catholic 7 · Independent 5
By type: Primary 27 · Combined 6 · Secondary 5
| Knox Park Primary School, Knoxfield | Government | Primary | 0.5 km | 312 | 1,061 |
| Carrington Primary School, Knoxfield | Government | Primary | 0.6 km | 64 | 974 |
| Scoresby Secondary College, Scoresby | Government | Secondary | 1.1 km | 244 | 1,003 |
| St Mary's College for the Deaf - Wantirna South Campus, Wantirna South | Catholic | Primary | 1.1 km | 75 | 1,028 |
| Holy Trinity School, Wantirna South | Catholic | Primary | 1.2 km | 210 | 1,083 |
| Kent Park Primary School, Ferntree Gully | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 197 | 1,012 |
| St Andrews Christian College, Wantirna South | Independent | Combined | 1.5 km | 719 | 1,166 |
| Knox Gardens Primary School, Wantirna South | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 458 | 1,112 |
| Fairhills High School, Knoxfield | Government | Secondary | 1.8 km | 404 | 994 |
| Mountain Gate Primary School, Ferntree Gully | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 432 | 1,072 |
| Wantirna South Primary School, Wantirna South | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 233 | 1,074 |
| Scoresby Primary School, Scoresby | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 136 | 1,013 |
| St Jude the Apostle School, Scoresby | Catholic | Primary | 2.0 km | 271 | 1,083 |
| Karoo Primary School, Rowville | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 422 | 1,086 |
| Fairhills Primary School, Ferntree Gully | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 104 | 1,004 |
| Wattle View Primary School, Ferntree Gully | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 247 | 1,006 |
| Knox Central Primary School, Boronia | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 75 | 1,018 |
| Waverley Christian College, Wantirna South | Independent | Combined | 3.0 km | 2,370 | 1,141 |
| Templeton Primary School, Wantirna | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 720 | 1,136 |
| Eastern Ranges School, Ferntree Gully | Government | Combined | 3.4 km | 200 | 1,031 |
| Heritage College Knox, Ferntree Gully | Independent | Combined | 3.4 km | 183 | 1,059 |
| The Knox School, Wantirna South | Independent | Combined | 3.5 km | 764 | 1,159 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, Boronia | Catholic | Primary | 3.6 km | 129 | 1,086 |
| Wantirna College, Wantirna | Government | Secondary | 3.6 km | 1,458 | 1,031 |
| Lysterfield Primary School, Lysterfield | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 482 | 1,064 |
| Park Ridge Primary School, Rowville | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 527 | 1,067 |
| Regency Park Primary School, Wantirna | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 537 | 1,068 |
| Bayswater South Primary School, Bayswater | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 339 | 1,099 |
| St Luke's School, Wantirna | Catholic | Primary | 3.9 km | 165 | 1,098 |
| Urban College, Boronia | Independent | Secondary | 4.0 km | 100 | 975 |
| Rowville Primary School, Rowville | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 439 | 1,060 |
| Dillbadin Primary School, Boronia | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 35 | 977 |
| Bayswater West Primary School, Bayswater | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 223 | 1,003 |
| Rowville Secondary College, Rowville | Government | Secondary | 4.2 km | 1,887 | 1,028 |
| St Simon's School, Rowville | Catholic | Primary | 4.3 km | 366 | 1,087 |
| Our Lady of Lourdes School, Bayswater | Catholic | Primary | 4.5 km | 85 | 1,003 |
| Boronia K-12 College, Boronia | Government | Combined | 4.8 km | 494 | 982 |
| Bayswater Primary School, Bayswater | Government | Primary | 5.0 km | 155 | 1,024 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Knoxfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21374/knoxfield/topic/education