62.4% ▲ +15.9%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.8%
- 2016: 58.5%
- 2021: 62.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Narre Warren South · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Narre Warren South
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of over 9 percentage points separates Narre Warren South from the Victorian average for bachelor degrees. While 62.4% of people here have finished Year 12, which is well above the national figure, higher university qualifications are less common.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion of Year 12 is high at 62.4%, a result that is about the same as Victoria and well above the Australian average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Narre Warren South, Year 12 is the majority at 65%; Year 10 is next at 12%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 20% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is well below both the state and national figures. Certificate III or IV is the most common top qualification at 29.1%.
20.0% ▲ +40.6%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Narre Warren South splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (33%) and Bachelor degree (29%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 20.6%, followed by engineering and related fields at 16%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has 42 schools within 3km, though there are only 0.74 schools per 1,000 children. Most of these are government primary schools, and the typical school size is among the largest for this level.
0.74
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
42
Higher than 90% 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).
776
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,015
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Narre Warren South
42 schools — 32,572 students, average ICSEA 1,015.
By sector: Government 31 · Catholic 6 · Independent 5
By type: Primary 28 · Secondary 8 · Combined 6
| Heritage College, Narre Warren South | Independent | Combined | 0.8 km | 613 | 1,058 |
| Trinity Catholic Primary School, Narre Warren South | Catholic | Primary | 1.1 km | 507 | 1,070 |
| Fleetwood Primary School, Narre Warren | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 309 | 998 |
| Hillsmeade Primary School, Narre Warren South | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 782 | 994 |
| Narre Warren South P-12 College, Narre Warren South | Government | Combined | 2.0 km | 2,404 | 918 |
| Berry Street School - Narre Warren Campus, Narre Warren | Independent | Secondary | 2.1 km | 219 | 894 |
| Berwick Fields Primary School, Berwick | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 895 | 1,047 |
| Strathaird Primary School, Narre Warren South | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 761 | 975 |
| Foundation Learning Centre - Foundation College, Narre Warren | Independent | Secondary | 2.5 km | 155 | 968 |
| Berwick Lodge Primary School, Berwick | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 489 | 1,037 |
| Alkira Secondary College, Cranbourne North | Government | Secondary | 2.6 km | 2,011 | 986 |
| Don Bosco School, Narre Warren | Catholic | Primary | 2.7 km | 207 | 1,047 |
| Nossal High School, Berwick | Government | Secondary | 2.7 km | 825 | 1,155 |
| Coral Park Primary School, Hampton Park | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 393 | 923 |
| Kilberry Valley Primary School, Hampton Park | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 404 | 954 |
| St Catherine's Primary School, Berwick | Catholic | Primary | 3.4 km | 601 | 1,108 |
| Brentwood Park Primary School, Berwick | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 1,017 | 1,091 |
| Kambrya College, Berwick | Government | Secondary | 3.5 km | 2,369 | 1,045 |
| St Margaret’s Berwick Grammar, Berwick | Independent | Combined | 3.7 km | 980 | 1,155 |
| St Kevin's School, Hampton Park | Catholic | Primary | 3.7 km | 479 | 1,040 |
| Tulliallan Primary School, Cranbourne North | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 1,449 | 1,048 |
| Berwick Chase Primary School, Berwick | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 700 | 1,042 |
| Timbarra P-9 College, Berwick | Government | Combined | 4.0 km | 594 | 1,019 |
| Berwick Primary School, Berwick | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 884 | 1,087 |
| Courtenay Gardens Primary School, Cranbourne North | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 750 | 998 |
| Lyndhurst Secondary College, Cranbourne | Government | Secondary | 4.3 km | 832 | 941 |
| River Gum Primary School, Hampton Park | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 501 | 910 |
| Cranbourne Carlisle Primary School, Cranbourne | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 588 | 963 |
| Hampton Park Secondary College, Hampton Park | Government | Secondary | 4.6 km | 1,234 | 905 |
| Fountain Gate Primary School, Narre Warren | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 545 | 936 |
| St Therese's School, Cranbourne | Catholic | Primary | 4.7 km | 239 | 1,023 |
| Dandenong Valley Special Developmental School, Narre Warren | Government | Combined | 4.8 km | 201 | 990 |
| Oatlands Primary School, Narre Warren | Government | Primary | 4.9 km | 1,003 | 1,043 |
| Fountain Gate Secondary College, Narre Warren | Government | Secondary | 5.0 km | 1,211 | 938 |
| St Francis de Sales Catholic Primary School, Lynbrook | Catholic | Primary | 5.0 km | 315 | 1,042 |
| Rangebank Primary School, Cranbourne | Government | Primary | 5.1 km | 347 | 942 |
| Maramba Primary School, Narre Warren | Government | Primary | 5.1 km | 248 | 995 |
| Lynbrook Primary School, Lynbrook | Government | Primary | 5.2 km | 777 | 1,011 |
| Hampton Park Primary School, Hampton Park | Government | Primary | 5.3 km | 432 | 930 |
| Turrun Primary School, Clyde North | Government | Primary | 5.4 km | 203 | 1,058 |
| Lyndhurst Primary School, Lyndhurst | Government | Primary | 5.5 km | 868 | 999 |
| Hillcrest Christian College, Clyde North | Independent | Combined | 6.3 km | 2,231 | 1,106 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Narre Warren South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21896/narre-warren-south/topic/education