80.0% ▲ +7.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 74.3%
- 2016: 75.2%
- 2021: 80.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Middle Park · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Middle Park
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than half of adults in Middle Park hold a bachelor degree or higher, marking this as an exceptionally well-qualified area. This high level of academic achievement is reflected in the local school results and the strong proportion of residents who finished their secondary education.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
A huge 80% of people here completed Year 12, which is far above the 61.8% seen across Victoria and the 58.8% national figure.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Middle Park, Year 12 is the majority at 82%; Year 11 is next at 7%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area is among the most highly qualified in the country, with 53.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far above the Australian average of 26.3%.
53.1% ▲ +9.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.6%
- 2016: 50.4%
- 2021: 53.1%
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 Middle Park, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 48%, followed by Postgraduate degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (13%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for residents are management and commerce at 29.6%, followed by society and culture at 18.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are much larger than most and have some of the highest advantage scores. While there are 30 schools within 3km, there are far fewer schools per child than in other areas.
1.42
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
30
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).
628
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,152
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Middle Park
30 schools — 18,845 students, average ICSEA 1,152.
By sector: Government 19 · Independent 8 · Catholic 3
By type: Primary 12 · Secondary 10 · Combined 8
| Middle Park Primary School, Middle Park | Government | Primary | 0.5 km | 393 | 1,150 |
| South Melbourne Park Primary School, Albert Park | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 402 | 1,105 |
| Albert Park Primary School, Albert Park | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 430 | 1,156 |
| Albert Park College, Albert Park | Government | Secondary | 1.5 km | 1,657 | 1,127 |
| Youth2Industry College, South Melbourne | Independent | Secondary | 1.6 km | 64 | 1,033 |
| St Kilda Park Primary School, St Kilda | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 314 | 1,142 |
| Wesley College, Melbourne | Independent | Combined | 1.8 km | 3,181 | 1,172 |
| Galilee Regional Catholic Primary School, South Melbourne | Catholic | Primary | 1.8 km | 369 | 1,154 |
| Victorian College For The Deaf, Melbourne | Government | Combined | 1.8 km | 61 | 978 |
| MacRobertson Girls High School, Melbourne | Government | Secondary | 1.9 km | 1,195 | 1,186 |
| Melbourne Grammar School, Melbourne | Independent | Combined | 2.3 km | 1,905 | 1,177 |
| South Yarra Primary School, South Yarra | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 435 | 1,152 |
| Port Phillip Specialist School, Port Melbourne | Government | Combined | 2.4 km | 99 | 1,082 |
| Christ Church Grammar School, South Yarra | Independent | Primary | 2.4 km | 287 | 1,213 |
| Montague School, South Melbourne | Government | Secondary | 2.5 km | 16 | 983 |
| South Melbourne Primary School, Southbank | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 502 | 1,144 |
| Victorian College Of The Arts Secondary School, Southbank | Government | Secondary | 2.5 km | 344 | 1,141 |
| Prahran High School, Windsor | Government | Secondary | 2.5 km | 564 | 1,080 |
| St Michael's Grammar School, St Kilda | Independent | Combined | 2.8 km | 1,143 | 1,180 |
| Cheder Levi Yitzchok Inc, St Kilda | Independent | Combined | 2.8 km | 169 | 1,053 |
| Melbourne Girls Grammar, South Yarra | Independent | Combined | 2.9 km | 1,046 | 1,181 |
| Windsor Primary School, Windsor | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 125 | 1,049 |
| St Kilda Primary School, St Kilda | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 437 | 1,126 |
| Port Melbourne Primary School, Port Melbourne | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 697 | 1,134 |
| Yesodei HaTorah College, Elwood | Independent | Combined | 3.1 km | 149 | 1,112 |
| St Mary’s College Melbourne - Edmund Rice Campus, St Kilda East | Catholic | Secondary | 3.2 km | 440 | 1,093 |
| St Mary's School, St Kilda East | Catholic | Primary | 3.2 km | 135 | 1,111 |
| Melbourne High School, South Yarra | Government | Secondary | 3.3 km | 1,402 | 1,195 |
| Port Melbourne Secondary College, Port Melbourne | Government | Secondary | 3.3 km | 416 | 1,101 |
| Centre for Higher Education Studies, South Yarra | Government | Secondary | 3.4 km | 468 | 1,079 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Middle Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21677/middle-park/topic/education