71.4% ▲ +18.6%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.2%
- 2016: 65.8%
- 2021: 71.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mentone · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mentone
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
High levels of achievement mark Mentone, where schooling and university qualifications are far above the national average. Most adults have completed Year 12, and over a third hold a bachelor's degree or higher, placing the area among the most qualified in the region.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is very high here at 71.4%, which is well above the Victorian figure of 61.8% and far above the Australian average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mentone, Year 12 is the majority at 74%; Year 11 is next at 11%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A high proportion of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher at 35.8%, a figure that is well above both the state and national levels.
35.8% ▲ +40.0%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 35.8%
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 Mentone, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 39%, followed by Certificate III / IV (20%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are management and commerce at 23.4%, followed by society and culture at 12.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Mentone is home to 28 schools within 3km, a number among the largest for similar areas, with an average school size that is much higher than most places.
3.85
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
28
Higher than 88% 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).
639
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,105
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mentone
28 schools — 17,885 students, average ICSEA 1,105.
By sector: Government 18 · Catholic 7 · Independent 3
By type: Primary 18 · Secondary 7 · Combined 3
| St Patrick's School, Mentone | Catholic | Primary | 0.3 km | 460 | 1,116 |
| Mentone Primary School, Mentone | Government | Primary | 0.5 km | 299 | 1,112 |
| Mentone Grammar School, Mentone | Independent | Combined | 0.6 km | 2,008 | 1,144 |
| Kilbreda College, Mentone | Catholic | Secondary | 0.7 km | 928 | 1,082 |
| St Bede's College, Mentone | Catholic | Secondary | 0.9 km | 1,882 | 1,097 |
| Mentone Park Primary School, Mentone | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 186 | 1,099 |
| Mentone Girls' Grammar School, Mentone | Independent | Combined | 1.0 km | 560 | 1,174 |
| Parkdale Primary School, Parkdale | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 631 | 1,133 |
| Parktone Primary School, Parkdale | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 411 | 1,101 |
| Mentone Girls Secondary College, Mentone | Government | Secondary | 1.8 km | 1,102 | 1,102 |
| St John Vianney's School, Parkdale | Catholic | Primary | 1.8 km | 164 | 1,099 |
| Parkdale Secondary College, Mordialloc | Government | Secondary | 1.9 km | 1,418 | 1,067 |
| Cheltenham East Primary School, Cheltenham | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 392 | 1,122 |
| Cheltenham Primary School, Cheltenham | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 402 | 1,116 |
| Our Lady of the Assumption School, Cheltenham | Catholic | Primary | 2.4 km | 257 | 1,107 |
| Kingston Heath Primary School, Cheltenham | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 184 | 1,075 |
| Mordialloc Beach Primary School, Mordialloc | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 249 | 1,095 |
| Le Page Primary School, Cheltenham | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 215 | 1,080 |
| Stella Maris School, Beaumaris | Catholic | Primary | 2.9 km | 143 | 1,137 |
| St Brigid's School, Mordialloc | Catholic | Primary | 3.1 km | 169 | 1,091 |
| Beaumaris Primary School, Beaumaris | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 558 | 1,134 |
| Beaumaris North Primary School, Beaumaris | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 477 | 1,150 |
| Cheltenham Secondary College, Cheltenham | Government | Secondary | 3.5 km | 759 | 1,054 |
| Beaumaris Secondary College, Beaumaris | Government | Secondary | 3.5 km | 893 | 1,113 |
| Mordialloc College, Mordialloc | Government | Secondary | 3.5 km | 1,218 | 1,062 |
| Kingswood Primary School, Dingley Village | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 567 | 1,079 |
| Christway College, Clarinda | Independent | Combined | 4.4 km | 864 | 1,111 |
| Black Rock Primary School, Black Rock | Government | Primary | 4.8 km | 489 | 1,143 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mentone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21648/mentone/topic/education