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Education & Qualifications in Melbourne

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

A steady climb in high-level schooling has seen Melbourne become a hub of professional learning. Over half of adults here hold a university degree, a figure far above the national average. This high level of qualification defines the area's workforce and educational landscape.

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📍 Melbourne, Suburb / Locality

Where Melbourne sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

51.8% ▲ +21.4%

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

Melbourne51.8%
3004, VIC 53.4%
Victoria 29.2%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Schooling levels are among the highest for similar areas, with 80.8% of residents completing Year 12. This is far above the 61.8% seen across Victoria and the 58.8% national figure.

Completed Year 12

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80.8% ▲ +5.0%

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 Melbourne, Year 12 is the majority at 90%; Year 11 is next at 4%.

Year 12 80.8% Year 11 3.9% Year 10 2.8% Year 9 or below 2.2%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

The area is highly qualified, as 51.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far above the Australian average of 26.3%, with postgraduate degrees held by 22% of the population.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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51.8% ▲ +21.4%

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 Melbourne, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 48%, followed by Postgraduate degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (14%).

Bachelor degree 40.3% Postgraduate degree 22.0% Advanced diploma / diploma 11.8% Certificate III / IV 6.0% Graduate diploma / certificate 3.0% Certificate I / II 0.7%

Field of study

What people studied.

The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 25.3%, followed by society and culture at 10.5% and engineering at 8.9%.

Schools

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

Melbourne has 92 schools within 3km, which is among the largest number for any similar area. While the average school size is higher than most areas, there are fewer schools per 1,000 children than usual.

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92

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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1,120

Higher than 96% 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 Melbourne

92 schools — 44,836 students, average ICSEA 1,120.

By sector: Government 57 · Independent 18 · Catholic 17

By type: Primary 43 · Secondary 32 · Combined 17
Victorian College Of The Arts Secondary School, Southbank Government Secondary 0.5 km 344 1,141
Melbourne Grammar School, Melbourne Independent Combined 0.9 km 1,905 1,177
MacRobertson Girls High School, Melbourne Government Secondary 1.1 km 1,195 1,186
Youth2Industry College, South Melbourne Independent Secondary 1.2 km 64 1,033
South Melbourne Primary School, Southbank Government Primary 1.5 km 502 1,144
South Melbourne Park Primary School, Albert Park Government Primary 1.7 km 402 1,105
Galilee Regional Catholic Primary School, South Melbourne Catholic Primary 1.7 km 369 1,154
Ozford College, Melbourne Independent Secondary 1.8 km 101 1,008
Montague School, South Melbourne Government Secondary 1.9 km 16 983
Melbourne Girls Grammar, South Yarra Independent Combined 1.9 km 1,046 1,181
Christ Church Grammar School, South Yarra Independent Primary 1.9 km 287 1,213
Hester Hornbrook Academy, Melbourne Independent Secondary 2.1 km 701 943
South Yarra Primary School, South Yarra Government Primary 2.1 km 435 1,152
Albert Park Primary School, Albert Park Government Primary 2.3 km 430 1,156
Melbourne Indigenous Transition School, Richmond Independent Secondary 2.4 km 42 761
Collingwood English Language School, Collingwood Government Combined 2.4 km 357 906
Melbourne High School, South Yarra Government Secondary 2.5 km 1,402 1,195
Centre for Higher Education Studies, South Yarra Government Secondary 2.5 km 468 1,079
Ignatius Learning Centre, Richmond Catholic Secondary 2.5 km 41 —
Academy of Mary Immaculate, Fitzroy Catholic Secondary 2.6 km 612 1,079
Middle Park Primary School, Middle Park Government Primary 2.6 km 393 1,150
Richmond Primary School, Richmond Government Primary 2.7 km 316 1,150
Richmond West Primary School, Richmond Government Primary 2.7 km 281 1,075
Wesley College, Melbourne Independent Combined 2.7 km 3,181 1,172
Kamaruka, South Yarra Independent Combined 2.7 km 35 1,094
Carlton Gardens Primary School, Carlton Government Primary 2.7 km 435 1,133
Port Phillip Specialist School, Port Melbourne Government Combined 2.7 km 99 1,082
River Nile School, North Melbourne Independent Secondary 2.7 km 121 820
Simonds Catholic College, West Melbourne Catholic Secondary 2.8 km 359 1,053
Victorian College For The Deaf, Melbourne Government Combined 2.8 km 61 978
Albert Park College, Albert Park Government Secondary 2.8 km 1,657 1,127
Sacred Heart School, Fitzroy Catholic Primary 2.8 km 152 936
Saints College - North Melbourne Campus, North Melbourne Catholic Secondary 2.9 km 1,524 935
Docklands Primary School, Docklands Government Primary 3.0 km 616 1,133
Richmond High School, Richmond Government Secondary 3.0 km 476 1,049
Bindjiroo Yaluk Community School, Richmond Government Secondary 3.0 km 79 1,021
Fitzroy Primary School, Fitzroy Government Primary 3.2 km 198 1,028
Collingwood College, Collingwood Government Combined 3.2 km 691 1,022
Abbotsford Primary School, Abbotsford Government Primary 3.2 km 168 1,143
Victorian School Of Languages, Collingwood Government Combined 3.2 km — —
St Joseph's School, Collingwood Catholic Primary 3.2 km 62 928
Prahran High School, Windsor Government Secondary 3.3 km 564 1,080
Carlton Primary School, Carlton Government Primary 3.4 km 114 957
Port Melbourne Secondary College, Port Melbourne Government Secondary 3.4 km 416 1,101
Port Melbourne Primary School, Port Melbourne Government Primary 3.4 km 697 1,134
University High School, Parkville Government Secondary 3.5 km 1,983 1,117
Yarra Primary School, Richmond Government Primary 3.5 km 249 1,134
Trinity Catholic School, Richmond Catholic Primary 3.5 km 213 1,065
North Melbourne Primary School, North Melbourne Government Primary 3.6 km 910 1,136
St Kilda Park Primary School, St Kilda Government Primary 3.6 km 314 1,142
Melbourne Girls College, Richmond Government Secondary 3.9 km 1,531 1,142
Sophia Mundi Steiner School, Abbotsford Independent Combined 4.0 km 139 1,140
Carlton North Primary School, Carlton North Government Primary 4.0 km 297 1,148
Toorak Primary School, Toorak Government Primary 4.0 km 439 1,141
Windsor Primary School, Windsor Government Primary 4.1 km 125 1,049
St Michael's Grammar School, St Kilda Independent Combined 4.1 km 1,143 1,180
Clifton Hill Primary School, Clifton Hill Government Primary 4.2 km 691 1,186
Cheder Levi Yitzchok Inc, St Kilda Independent Combined 4.2 km 169 1,053
Fitzroy Community School, Fitzroy North Independent Primary 4.2 km 98 1,221
St Michael's Primary School, North Melbourne Catholic Primary 4.3 km 236 1,098
Hawthorn West Primary School, Hawthorn Government Primary 4.3 km 454 1,165
St Mary's School, St Kilda East Catholic Primary 4.3 km 135 1,111
St Mary’s College Melbourne - Edmund Rice Campus, St Kilda East Catholic Secondary 4.3 km 440 1,093
St Aloysius College, North Melbourne Catholic Secondary 4.5 km 673 1,127
Our Lady of Lourdes School, Prahran Catholic Primary 4.5 km 162 1,142
Loreto Mandeville Hall, Toorak Catholic Combined 4.6 km 1,220 1,167
Princes Hill Secondary College, Princes Hill Government Secondary 4.8 km 862 1,152
Fitzroy High School, Fitzroy North Government Secondary 4.9 km 431 1,086
Fitzroy North Primary School, Fitzroy North Government Primary 4.9 km 363 1,150
The King David School, Armadale Independent Combined 5.0 km 592 1,165
St Kilda Primary School, St Kilda Government Primary 5.0 km 437 1,126
Holy Rosary School, Kensington Catholic Primary 5.0 km 242 1,149
Princes Hill Primary School, Carlton North Government Primary 5.0 km 327 1,147
Armadale Primary School, Armadale Government Primary 5.1 km 254 1,156
Yeshivah College, St Kilda East Independent Combined 5.3 km 362 1,073
Kensington Primary School, Kensington Government Primary 5.3 km 427 1,153
Yesodei HaTorah College, Elwood Independent Combined 5.3 km 149 1,112
Brunswick South Primary School, Brunswick East Government Primary 5.3 km 317 1,171
Debney Meadows Primary School, Flemington Government Primary 5.5 km 109 903
Beth Rivkah Ladies College, St Kilda East Independent Combined 5.5 km 489 1,086
Our Lady Help of Christians School, Brunswick East Catholic Primary 5.6 km 249 1,124
St Brendan's School, Flemington Catholic Primary 5.8 km 82 993
Kensington Community High School, Kensington Government Secondary 5.8 km 95 1,008
Parkville College, Parkville Government Secondary 5.9 km — —
Travancore School, Travancore Government Secondary 5.9 km — —
Mount Alexander 7-12 College, Flemington Government Secondary 6.0 km 827 1,069
Flemington Primary School, Flemington Government Primary 6.0 km 328 1,140
Sydney Road Community School, Brunswick Government Secondary 6.1 km 107 1,037
Ripponlea Primary School, St Kilda East Government Primary 6.2 km 256 1,141
Elwood College, Elwood Government Secondary 6.3 km 804 1,096
Brunswick Secondary College, Brunswick Government Secondary 6.3 km 1,074 1,119
Elwood Primary School, Elwood Government Primary 6.3 km 618 1,131

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 Melbourne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21640/melbourne/topic/education