74.7% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 53.5%
- 2021: 74.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Pennyroyal · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Pennyroyal
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
High levels of schooling and degrees shape daily life in Pennyroyal, where nearly 75% of residents finished Year 12. This achievement is far above the figures for Victoria and Australia, marking the area as one of the most educated in its class.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
A huge majority of people here completed Year 12, at 74.7%. This is far above the 61.8% seen in Victoria and the 58.8% national figure.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Pennyroyal, Year 12 is the majority at 81%; Year 11 is next at 11%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Strong academic success continues into adulthood, with 41.9% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far above the typical Victorian (29.2%) or Australian (26.3%) resident.
41.9% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 41.9%
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 Pennyroyal, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 39%, followed by Postgraduate degree (18%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with creative arts being the most common at 14.9%, followed by management and commerce at 13.5% and health at 12.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is much smaller than most others with an average of 52 students, yet it has a school advantage score much higher than most areas.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
52
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,045
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Pennyroyal
1 school — 52 students, average ICSEA 1,045.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Deans Marsh Primary School, Deans Marsh | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 52 | 1,045 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Pennyroyal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22055/pennyroyal/topic/education