65.6% ▲ +12.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.1%
- 2016: 62.1%
- 2021: 65.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Main Ridge · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Main Ridge
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Over a third of adults in Main Ridge hold a bachelor degree or higher, making it one of the most qualified areas in the region. This high level of tertiary education is matched by strong secondary school completion rates. Most residents have achieved a high standard of formal learning compared to both the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Schooling levels are well above the national figure, with 65.6% of residents completing Year 12. This is much higher than most similar areas and sits 3.8 percentage points above the Victorian average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Main Ridge, Year 12 is the majority at 72%; Year 11 is next at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are very common here, with 36.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far above the Australian average of 26.3%.
36.4% ▲ +20.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 36.4%
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 Main Ridge, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 42%, followed by Certificate III / IV (17%) and Postgraduate degree (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are Health at 18.5% and Management and Commerce at 17.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3 km, which is larger than those in about 59% of similar areas and has a school advantage score much higher than most areas.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
489
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,085
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Main Ridge
1 school — 489 students, average ICSEA 1,085.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Red Hill Consolidated School, Red Hill | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 489 | 1,085 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Main Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21578/main-ridge/topic/education