68.2% ▲ +11.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.3%
- 2016: 63.4%
- 2021: 68.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Research · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Research
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than 68% of people in Research completed Year 12, which is well above the national figure. This high level of schooling helps explain why over a third of adults hold a university degree. It is an area where residents are much more likely to be highly qualified than those in most other similar places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 68.2%, which is much higher than most areas. This result is well above both the Victorian figure of 61.8% and the Australian average of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Research, Year 12 is the majority at 70%; Year 11 is next at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are common here, with 34.3% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the national figure of 26.3%.
34.3% ▲ +30.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 34.3%
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 Research, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 36%, followed by Certificate III / IV (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are management and commerce at 19.1%, followed by engineering and related fields at 13.9% and health at 12%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools have an average advantage score of 1,093, which is much higher than most areas. There are 21 schools within 3km, a number larger than about 90% of similar areas.
4.09
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
21
Higher than 87% 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).
463
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,093
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Research
21 schools — 9,718 students, average ICSEA 1,093.
By sector: Government 15 · Catholic 4 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 15 · Secondary 5 · Combined 1
| Research Primary School, Research | Government | Primary | 0.5 km | 219 | 1,092 |
| Eltham College, Research | Independent | Combined | 0.7 km | 639 | 1,139 |
| Kangaroo Ground Primary School, Kangaroo Ground | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 203 | 1,085 |
| Eltham East Primary School, Eltham | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 652 | 1,143 |
| Eltham North Primary School, Eltham North | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 475 | 1,127 |
| Our Lady Help of Christians School, Eltham | Catholic | Primary | 3.8 km | 79 | 1,094 |
| Catholic Ladies' College Ltd, Eltham | Catholic | Secondary | 4.0 km | 901 | 1,119 |
| Diamond Creek East Primary School, Diamond Creek | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 466 | 1,066 |
| Diamond Valley College, Diamond Creek | Government | Secondary | 4.1 km | 818 | 1,020 |
| Eltham Primary School, Eltham | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 253 | 1,117 |
| Wattle Glen Primary School, Wattle Glen | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 147 | 1,055 |
| Sacred Heart School, Diamond Creek | Catholic | Primary | 4.6 km | 182 | 1,080 |
| Eltham High School, Eltham | Government | Secondary | 4.6 km | 1,326 | 1,101 |
| Glen Katherine Primary School, Eltham North | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 554 | 1,088 |
| Warrandyte High School, Warrandyte | Government | Secondary | 4.6 km | 278 | 1,049 |
| Warrandyte Primary School, Warrandyte | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 200 | 1,112 |
| Holy Trinity Primary School, Eltham North | Catholic | Primary | 4.8 km | 393 | 1,137 |
| St Helena Secondary College, Eltham North | Government | Secondary | 4.8 km | 1,414 | 1,065 |
| Diamond Creek Primary School, Diamond Creek | Government | Primary | 5.0 km | 235 | 1,065 |
| Andersons Creek Primary School, Warrandyte | Government | Primary | 5.0 km | 178 | 1,096 |
| North-Eastern Montessori School, St Helena | Independent | Primary | 5.2 km | 106 | 1,143 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Research [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22160/research/topic/education