73.1% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Manor Lakes · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Manor Lakes
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly 40% of adults in Manor Lakes hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far above the national average. This is a highly educated area where school completion and university qualifications are much more common than in most other regions. Residents tend to be well-qualified, with strong representation in professional fields.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is very high here, with 73.1% of people finishing Year 12. This is far above the 61.8% seen in Victoria and the 58.8% national figure.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Manor Lakes, Year 12 is the majority at 77%; Year 10 is next at 9%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area is among the most qualified at its level, with 39.2% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is 13 percentage points higher than the Australian average.
39.2% —
Higher than 92% 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
View on map →In Manor Lakes, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 38%, followed by Postgraduate degree (21%) and Certificate III / IV (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Professional fields dominate the local qualifications, with the most common areas of study being management and commerce at 20.5%, followed by IT at 16.4% and engineering at 15.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are typically much larger than in other areas, with an average size of 677 students. While there are 13 schools within 3km, the number of schools per 1,000 children is among the lowest for similar areas.
0.80
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
13
Higher than 83% 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).
677
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,012
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Manor Lakes
13 schools — 8,797 students, average ICSEA 1,012.
By sector: Government 11 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 10 · Combined 2 · Secondary 1
| Ngarri Primary School, Manor Lakes | Government | Primary | 0.4 km | 779 | 1,055 |
| Manor Lakes P-12 College, Wyndham Vale | Government | Combined | 1.9 km | 2,881 | 996 |
| Our Lady of the Southern Cross, Manor Lakes | Catholic | Primary | 2.2 km | 486 | 1,079 |
| Laa Yulta Primary School, Mambourin | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 393 | 1,040 |
| Riverbend Primary School, Wyndham Vale | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 731 | 1,034 |
| Wyndham Vale Primary School, Wyndham Vale | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 1,081 | 1,015 |
| St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, Werribee | Catholic | Primary | 5.0 km | 402 | 1,085 |
| Walcom Ngarrwa Secondary College, Werribee | Government | Secondary | 5.1 km | 437 | 989 |
| Iramoo Primary School, Wyndham Vale | Government | Primary | 5.2 km | 516 | 944 |
| Nganboo Borron School, Werribee | Government | Combined | 5.2 km | 115 | 965 |
| Lollypop Creek Primary School, Werribee | Government | Primary | 5.7 km | 390 | 1,034 |
| Manorvale Primary School, Werribee | Government | Primary | 6.1 km | 291 | 942 |
| Thomas Chirnside Primary School, Werribee | Government | Primary | 6.3 km | 295 | 963 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Manor Lakes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21597/manor-lakes/topic/education