69.5% ▲ +28.6%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.1%
- 2016: 62.0%
- 2021: 69.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Pascoe Vale · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Pascoe Vale
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher levels of schooling and university degrees have become more common in Pascoe Vale, making it one of the most qualified areas in the region. Nearly 70% of residents have finished Year 12, and over a third of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is far above the national figure, with 69.5% of people finishing Year 12. This is well above the 61.8% seen across Victoria.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Pascoe Vale, Year 12 is the majority at 74%; Year 9 or below is next at 10%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 36.4% of adults, which is well above the state figure of 29.2%. This high level of university education puts the area among the highest at this level.
36.4% ▲ +68.0%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 36.4%
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 Pascoe Vale, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 40%, followed by Certificate III / IV (20%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 20.5%, followed by society and culture at 13.1% and engineering at 12.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are larger and have much higher advantage scores than most areas, though there are far fewer schools per 1,000 children. There are 50 schools within 3km, with government schools making up 56% of the sector.
1.57
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
50
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).
500
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,072
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Pascoe Vale
50 schools — 24,996 students, average ICSEA 1,072.
By sector: Government 28 · Catholic 17 · Independent 5
By type: Primary 34 · Secondary 9 · Combined 7
| Pascoe Vale Primary School, Pascoe Vale | Government | Primary | 0.7 km | 456 | 1,066 |
| Pascoe Vale Girls Secondary College, Pascoe Vale | Government | Secondary | 0.8 km | 719 | 987 |
| St Oliver Plunkett's School, Pascoe Vale | Catholic | Primary | 0.9 km | 379 | 1,100 |
| Westbreen Primary School, Pascoe Vale | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 422 | 1,051 |
| Pascoe Vale North Primary School, Pascoe Vale | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 355 | 1,038 |
| St Francis de Sales School, Oak Park | Catholic | Primary | 1.5 km | 237 | 1,085 |
| Strathmore Secondary College, Strathmore | Government | Secondary | 1.6 km | 1,958 | 1,086 |
| Coburg North Primary School, Coburg | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 509 | 1,128 |
| Antonine College, Pascoe Vale South | Catholic | Combined | 1.9 km | 927 | 982 |
| Strathmore Primary School, Strathmore | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 304 | 1,104 |
| Oak Park Primary School, Oak Park | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 388 | 1,095 |
| St Thomas More's School, Hadfield | Catholic | Primary | 2.1 km | 366 | 1,074 |
| St Vincent de Paul's School, Strathmore | Catholic | Primary | 2.2 km | 431 | 1,124 |
| Glenroy College, Glenroy | Government | Secondary | 2.3 km | 454 | 931 |
| Pascoe Vale South Primary School, Pascoe Vale South | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 308 | 1,108 |
| Strathmore North Primary School, Strathmore | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 632 | 1,116 |
| Glenroy Central Primary School, Glenroy | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 263 | 986 |
| Mercy College, Coburg | Catholic | Secondary | 2.6 km | 403 | 1,029 |
| St Mark's School, Fawkner | Catholic | Primary | 2.6 km | 170 | 1,076 |
| Corpus Christi School, Glenroy | Catholic | Primary | 2.7 km | 174 | 1,055 |
| Coburg West Primary School, Coburg | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 370 | 1,147 |
| Belle Vue Park Primary School, Glenroy | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 159 | 949 |
| Australian International Academy of Education, Coburg | Independent | Combined | 3.0 km | 2,215 | 1,071 |
| St Fidelis' School, Moreland | Catholic | Primary | 3.1 km | 251 | 1,119 |
| Glenroy West Primary School, Glenroy | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 333 | 1,031 |
| Glenroy Private, Glenroy | Independent | Combined | 3.2 km | 632 | 992 |
| Glenroy Specialist School, Glenroy | Government | Combined | 3.2 km | 167 | 987 |
| St Paul's School, Coburg | Catholic | Primary | 3.2 km | 200 | 1,097 |
| Coburg Primary School, Coburg | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 346 | 1,113 |
| Essendon Primary School, Essendon | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 387 | 1,137 |
| Essendon North Primary School, Essendon North | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 629 | 1,116 |
| Fawkner Primary School, Fawkner | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 238 | 1,020 |
| Brunswick North West Primary School, Brunswick West | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 375 | 1,140 |
| Islamic College of Sport, Coburg | Independent | Secondary | 3.6 km | 72 | 989 |
| St Therese's School, Essendon | Catholic | Primary | 3.6 km | 529 | 1,116 |
| Coburg High School, Coburg | Government | Secondary | 3.7 km | 1,265 | 1,099 |
| Darul Ulum College of Victoria, Fawkner | Independent | Combined | 3.8 km | 1,766 | 1,005 |
| Coburg Special Developmental School, Coburg | Government | Combined | 4.0 km | 67 | 1,028 |
| St Monica's Primary School, Moonee Ponds | Catholic | Primary | 4.0 km | 512 | 1,129 |
| John Fawkner Secondary College, Fawkner | Government | Secondary | 4.0 km | 234 | 958 |
| St Columba's College, Essendon | Catholic | Secondary | 4.1 km | 1,047 | 1,107 |
| St Bernard's School, Coburg | Catholic | Primary | 4.1 km | 152 | 1,121 |
| St Matthew's School, Fawkner | Catholic | Primary | 4.1 km | 204 | 1,009 |
| Buckley Park College, Essendon | Government | Secondary | 4.2 km | 888 | 1,088 |
| St Joseph's School, Brunswick West | Catholic | Primary | 4.2 km | 186 | 1,124 |
| Moomba Park Primary School, Fawkner | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 205 | 1,018 |
| Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School, Essendon | Independent | Combined | 4.3 km | 859 | 1,161 |
| Merri-bek Primary School, Coburg | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 350 | 1,112 |
| Newlands Primary School, Preston | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 437 | 1,146 |
| St Margaret Mary's School, Brunswick North | Catholic | Primary | 4.7 km | 66 | 1,103 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Pascoe Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22041/pascoe-vale/topic/education