70.9% ▲ +12.9%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.8%
- 2016: 66.8%
- 2021: 70.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount Macedon · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mount Macedon
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far more adults in Mount Macedon hold degrees than the national average, marking it as a highly educated area. Around 41% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, and 71% of residents finished Year 12, which is well above the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is at 70.9%, which is far above the national figure of 58.8% and well above the state average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mount Macedon, Year 12 is the majority at 76%; Year 11 is next at 12%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area has a very high rate of university education, with 40.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, far exceeding the 26.3% seen across Australia.
40.6% ▲ +22.8%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 40.6%
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 Mount Macedon, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 38%, followed by Postgraduate degree (19%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for residents are management and commerce at 16.3%, followed by society and culture at 15.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Mount Macedon has more schools per child than most areas, with four schools within 3km. These schools have an average advantage score of 1,120, which is among the highest for their level.
7.25
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
4
Higher than 71% 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).
383
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
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).
Schools serving Mount Macedon
4 schools — 1,533 students, average ICSEA 1,120.
By sector: Government 3 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 3 · Combined 1
| Mount Macedon Primary School, Mount Macedon | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 131 | 1,147 |
| Braemar College, Woodend | Independent | Combined | 3.2 km | 1,094 | 1,121 |
| Macedon Primary School, Macedon | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 232 | 1,109 |
| Hesket Primary School, Hesket | Government | Primary | 5.3 km | 76 | 1,087 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mount Macedon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21801/mount-macedon/topic/education