65.0% ▲ +12.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.8%
- 2016: 58.9%
- 2021: 65.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Quarry Hill · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Quarry Hill
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of over 6 percentage points separates Quarry Hill from the national average for Year 12 completion. This is a highly educated area where 65% of residents finished high school and 32.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is much higher here than in most similar areas. At 65%, this is well above the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Quarry Hill, Year 12 is the majority at 67%; Year 11 is next at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 32.7% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. Other common qualifications include Certificate III or IV for 24.1% of residents.
32.7% ▲ +29.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 32.7%
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 Quarry Hill, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 32%, followed by Certificate III / IV (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are health at 17.4% and society and culture at 15.9%. Management and commerce follow at 14.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 19 schools within 3km, which is more than 89% of similar areas. Local schools are larger than most, with an average size of 567 students.
4.69
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
19
Higher than 86% 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).
567
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,043
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Quarry Hill
19 schools — 10,766 students, average ICSEA 1,043.
By sector: Government 9 · Catholic 7 · Independent 3
By type: Primary 12 · Secondary 4 · Combined 3
| Quarry Hill Primary School, Quarry Hill | Government | Primary | 0.1 km | 324 | 1,037 |
| St Joseph's School, Quarry Hill | Catholic | Primary | 0.7 km | 234 | 1,064 |
| Creek Street Christian College, Bendigo | Independent | Combined | 1.4 km | 457 | 1,063 |
| Girton Grammar School, Bendigo | Independent | Combined | 1.6 km | 1,195 | 1,148 |
| Bendigo South East 7-10 Secondary College, Bendigo | Government | Secondary | 1.8 km | 1,030 | 1,016 |
| St Therese's School, Kennington | Catholic | Primary | 1.9 km | 460 | 1,076 |
| Spring Gully Primary School, Bendigo | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 426 | 1,056 |
| Golden Square Primary School, Golden Square | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 262 | 967 |
| Camp Hill Primary School, Bendigo | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 251 | 1,040 |
| Bendigo Senior Secondary College, Bendigo | Government | Secondary | 2.3 km | 1,918 | 1,003 |
| DOXA School Bendigo, Bendigo | Catholic | Secondary | 2.3 km | 47 | 961 |
| Bendigo Primary School, Bendigo | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 196 | 1,005 |
| St Kilian's School, Bendigo | Catholic | Primary | 2.4 km | 268 | 1,059 |
| Catherine McAuley College, Bendigo | Catholic | Secondary | 2.5 km | 1,567 | 1,055 |
| Kennington Primary School, Kennington | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 581 | 979 |
| Victory Christian College, Strathdale | Independent | Combined | 3.1 km | 900 | 1,077 |
| Specimen Hill Primary School, Golden Square | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 234 | 934 |
| St Peter's School, North Bendigo | Catholic | Primary | 3.5 km | 132 | 979 |
| St Monica's School, Kangaroo Flat | Catholic | Primary | 3.8 km | 284 | 1,032 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Quarry Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22134/quarry-hill/topic/education