75.4% ▲ +17.5%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.2%
- 2016: 69.4%
- 2021: 75.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Moonee Ponds · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Moonee Ponds
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Highly educated residents define the daily life of Moonee Ponds, where 45.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far above the national figure of 26.3%, marking it as one of the most qualified areas in the region.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is very high at 75.4%, which is far above both the Victorian figure (61.8%) and the Australian average (58.8%).
Highest year of school
View on map →In Moonee Ponds, Year 12 is the majority at 79%; Year 11 is next at 8%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area has an exceptionally high rate of university degrees, with 39.3% of residents holding a bachelor degree and another 17.1% with a postgraduate qualification.
45.1% ▲ +36.0%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 45.1%
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 Moonee Ponds, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 43%, followed by Postgraduate degree (19%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are most common in management and commerce at 22.4%, followed by society and culture at 13.6% and health at 11.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Moonee Ponds has a few but very large schools, with a typical size of 535 students. While the area has a high school advantage score, it has much lower school density than most areas with only 1.33 schools per 1,000 children.
1.33
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
53
Higher than 92% 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).
535
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,100
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Moonee Ponds
53 schools — 27,309 students, average ICSEA 1,100.
By sector: Government 34 · Catholic 18 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 34 · Secondary 16 · Combined 3
| St Monica's Primary School, Moonee Ponds | Catholic | Primary | 0.7 km | 512 | 1,129 |
| Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School, Essendon | Independent | Combined | 0.7 km | 859 | 1,161 |
| Moonee Ponds West Primary School, Moonee Ponds | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 289 | 1,136 |
| St Columba's College, Essendon | Catholic | Secondary | 1.0 km | 1,047 | 1,107 |
| Ascot Vale Primary School, Ascot Vale | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 265 | 1,140 |
| St Mary's School, Ascot Vale | Catholic | Primary | 1.2 km | 374 | 1,144 |
| Moonee Ponds Primary School, Moonee Ponds | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 290 | 1,145 |
| Essendon Primary School, Essendon | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 387 | 1,137 |
| Ascot Vale Heights School, Ascot Vale | Government | Combined | 1.7 km | 103 | 1,021 |
| St Therese's School, Essendon | Catholic | Primary | 1.8 km | 529 | 1,116 |
| Ascot Vale West Primary School, Ascot Vale | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 278 | 1,029 |
| St Joseph's School, Brunswick West | Catholic | Primary | 2.1 km | 186 | 1,124 |
| Brunswick South West Primary School, Brunswick West | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 430 | 1,168 |
| Flemington Primary School, Flemington | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 328 | 1,140 |
| Ave Maria College, Aberfeldie | Catholic | Secondary | 2.2 km | 826 | 1,082 |
| Mount Alexander 7-12 College, Flemington | Government | Secondary | 2.2 km | 827 | 1,069 |
| Travancore School, Travancore | Government | Secondary | 2.3 km | — | — |
| Brunswick North West Primary School, Brunswick West | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 375 | 1,140 |
| Our Lady of the Nativity School, Aberfeldie | Catholic | Primary | 2.3 km | 364 | 1,111 |
| Aberfeldie Primary School, Essendon | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 374 | 1,108 |
| St Brendan's School, Flemington | Catholic | Primary | 2.4 km | 82 | 993 |
| Parkville College, Parkville | Government | Secondary | 2.5 km | — | — |
| St Margaret's Primary School, Maribyrnong | Catholic | Primary | 2.5 km | 441 | 1,125 |
| Kensington Community High School, Kensington | Government | Secondary | 2.6 km | 95 | 1,008 |
| Pascoe Vale South Primary School, Pascoe Vale South | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 308 | 1,108 |
| Brunswick North Primary School, Brunswick West | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 441 | 1,151 |
| St Vincent de Paul's School, Strathmore | Catholic | Primary | 2.6 km | 431 | 1,124 |
| Debney Meadows Primary School, Flemington | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 109 | 903 |
| Buckley Park College, Essendon | Government | Secondary | 2.8 km | 888 | 1,088 |
| Essendon North Primary School, Essendon North | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 629 | 1,116 |
| Kensington Primary School, Kensington | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 427 | 1,153 |
| Maribyrnong College, Maribyrnong | Government | Secondary | 3.2 km | 1,361 | 1,064 |
| Coburg West Primary School, Coburg | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 370 | 1,147 |
| Strathmore Secondary College, Strathmore | Government | Secondary | 3.2 km | 1,958 | 1,086 |
| Brunswick Secondary College, Brunswick | Government | Secondary | 3.3 km | 1,074 | 1,119 |
| St Fidelis' School, Moreland | Catholic | Primary | 3.3 km | 251 | 1,119 |
| Strathmore Primary School, Strathmore | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 304 | 1,104 |
| Antonine College, Pascoe Vale South | Catholic | Combined | 3.4 km | 927 | 982 |
| Holy Rosary School, Kensington | Catholic | Primary | 3.5 km | 242 | 1,149 |
| Rosehill Secondary College, Niddrie | Government | Secondary | 3.6 km | 1,109 | 1,027 |
| St John Bosco's School, Niddrie | Catholic | Primary | 3.6 km | 413 | 1,108 |
| St Bernard's College, Essendon | Catholic | Secondary | 3.6 km | 1,567 | 1,100 |
| Footscray High School, Footscray | Government | Secondary | 3.7 km | 1,326 | 1,078 |
| St Aloysius College, North Melbourne | Catholic | Secondary | 3.7 km | 673 | 1,127 |
| Niddrie Autistic School, Niddrie | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 153 | 1,038 |
| Sydney Road Community School, Brunswick | Government | Secondary | 3.8 km | 107 | 1,037 |
| St Michael's Primary School, North Melbourne | Catholic | Primary | 3.9 km | 236 | 1,098 |
| Footscray North Primary School, Footscray | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 630 | 1,080 |
| Merri-bek Primary School, Coburg | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 350 | 1,112 |
| Coburg North Primary School, Coburg | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 509 | 1,128 |
| St Margaret Mary's School, Brunswick North | Catholic | Primary | 4.3 km | 66 | 1,103 |
| Princes Hill Secondary College, Princes Hill | Government | Secondary | 4.5 km | 862 | 1,152 |
| Princes Hill Primary School, Carlton North | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 327 | 1,147 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Moonee Ponds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21742/moonee-ponds/topic/education