61.8% ▲ +29.9%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.6%
- 2016: 55.2%
- 2021: 61.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Reservoir · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Reservoir
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A little more than a quarter of adults in Reservoir hold a university degree, putting the area slightly ahead of the national figure. This reflects a well-educated community where nearly 29% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, a rate much higher than most similar areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 61.8% of residents have completed Year 12, which is about the same as the Victorian average and a little above the national figure.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Reservoir, Year 12 is the majority at 67%; Year 9 or below is next at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is common here, with 28.9% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. Other common qualifications include Certificate III or IV for 19.7% of people and diplomas for 15.1%.
28.9% ▲ +71.2%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 28.9%
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 Reservoir, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 36%, followed by Certificate III / IV (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 17.5%, followed by society and culture at 12.9% and engineering at 11.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Reservoir has some of the largest numbers of schools within 3km of any given point, though there are much fewer schools per 1,000 children than in most areas. Most of these are government primary schools.
1.76
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
75
Higher than 96% 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).
414
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,049
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Reservoir
75 schools — 30,663 students, average ICSEA 1,049.
By sector: Government 47 · Catholic 19 · Independent 9
By type: Primary 48 · Secondary 16 · Combined 11
| Reservoir Primary School, Reservoir | Government | Primary | 0.1 km | 312 | 1,070 |
| St Gabriel's School, Reservoir | Catholic | Primary | 0.6 km | 149 | 1,060 |
| Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment, Reservoir | Independent | Primary | 1.5 km | 53 | 1,032 |
| Preston Reservoir Adult Community Education - Prace College campus, Reservoir | Independent | Secondary | 1.6 km | 75 | 946 |
| St Joseph the Worker School, Reservoir | Catholic | Primary | 1.6 km | 245 | 1,049 |
| Reservoir Views Primary School, Reservoir | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 288 | 1,034 |
| Reservoir East Primary School, Reservoir | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 276 | 935 |
| Reservoir West Primary School, Reservoir | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 600 | 1,068 |
| William Ruthven Primary School, Reservoir | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 140 | 1,002 |
| William Ruthven Secondary College, Reservoir | Government | Secondary | 1.9 km | 478 | 977 |
| Preston Primary School, Preston | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 646 | 1,113 |
| Holy Name School, Reservoir | Catholic | Primary | 2.3 km | 205 | 1,078 |
| Reservoir High School, Reservoir | Government | Secondary | 2.4 km | 629 | 989 |
| Northern School For Autism, Reservoir | Government | Combined | 2.5 km | 525 | 1,030 |
| Our Lady of the Way School, Kingsbury | Catholic | Primary | 2.6 km | 167 | 1,079 |
| St Raphael's School, Preston West | Catholic | Primary | 2.7 km | 287 | 1,096 |
| Newlands Primary School, Preston | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 437 | 1,146 |
| Kingsbury Primary School, Kingsbury | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 137 | 1,027 |
| Fawkner Primary School, Fawkner | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 238 | 1,020 |
| Preston West Primary School, Preston | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 670 | 1,135 |
| Darul Ulum College of Victoria, Fawkner | Independent | Combined | 3.1 km | 1,766 | 1,005 |
| Yarra Me School, Preston | Government | Secondary | 3.2 km | — | — |
| John Fawkner Secondary College, Fawkner | Government | Secondary | 3.2 km | 234 | 958 |
| Preston North East Primary School, East Preston | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 201 | 955 |
| Preston High School, Preston | Government | Secondary | 3.2 km | 1,275 | 1,104 |
| Thomastown Primary School, Thomastown | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 176 | 967 |
| East Preston Islamic College, Preston | Independent | Combined | 3.5 km | 733 | 976 |
| Northern College of the Arts and Technology, Preston | Government | Secondary | 3.5 km | 367 | 1,060 |
| Thomastown Meadows Primary School, Thomastown | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 252 | 954 |
| Sacred Heart School, Preston | Catholic | Primary | 3.6 km | 117 | 1,090 |
| St Matthew's School, Fawkner | Catholic | Primary | 3.7 km | 204 | 1,009 |
| Thomastown Secondary College, Thomastown | Government | Secondary | 3.7 km | 461 | 926 |
| St Mark's School, Fawkner | Catholic | Primary | 3.7 km | 170 | 1,076 |
| Thomastown West Primary School, Thomastown | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 204 | 970 |
| St John's College Preston, Preston | Independent | Combined | 3.8 km | 345 | 1,066 |
| Norris Bank Primary School, Bundoora | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 110 | 992 |
| St Clare's School, Thomastown | Catholic | Primary | 3.9 km | 319 | 1,043 |
| Moomba Park Primary School, Fawkner | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 205 | 1,018 |
| Thomastown East Primary School, Thomastown | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 331 | 1,062 |
| Preston South Primary School, Preston | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 397 | 1,127 |
| Coburg Special Developmental School, Coburg | Government | Combined | 4.1 km | 67 | 1,028 |
| Mercy College, Coburg | Catholic | Secondary | 4.1 km | 403 | 1,029 |
| Bell Primary School, Preston | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 440 | 1,165 |
| Coburg High School, Coburg | Government | Secondary | 4.3 km | 1,265 | 1,099 |
| Australian International Academy of Education, Coburg | Independent | Combined | 4.4 km | 2,215 | 1,071 |
| St Paul's School, Coburg | Catholic | Primary | 4.5 km | 200 | 1,097 |
| St Luke's School, Lalor | Catholic | Primary | 4.6 km | 313 | 1,049 |
| Coburg Primary School, Coburg | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 346 | 1,113 |
| Northside Christian College, Bundoora | Independent | Combined | 4.7 km | 643 | 1,102 |
| Lalor East Primary School, Thomastown | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 213 | 966 |
| Penders Grove Primary School, Thornbury | Government | Primary | 4.8 km | 160 | 1,021 |
| St Damian's School, Bundoora | Catholic | Primary | 4.8 km | 378 | 1,080 |
| St John XXIII Primary School, Thomastown | Catholic | Primary | 4.8 km | 228 | 1,035 |
| Mastery Schools Victoria, Bundoora | Independent | Combined | 4.8 km | 62 | 1,082 |
| Thornbury Primary School, Thornbury | Government | Primary | 4.9 km | 308 | 1,093 |
| St Bernard's School, Coburg | Catholic | Primary | 4.9 km | 152 | 1,121 |
| Islamic College of Sport, Coburg | Independent | Secondary | 4.9 km | 72 | 989 |
| Bundoora Secondary College, Bundoora | Government | Secondary | 4.9 km | 540 | 1,030 |
| Peter Lalor Secondary College, Lalor | Government | Secondary | 4.9 km | 101 | 968 |
| Lalor Primary School, Lalor | Government | Primary | 5.0 km | 228 | 984 |
| St Mary's School, Thornbury | Catholic | Primary | 5.0 km | 113 | 1,089 |
| Lalor Secondary College, Lalor | Government | Secondary | 5.0 km | 1,110 | 964 |
| Bundoora Primary School, Bundoora | Government | Primary | 5.1 km | 306 | 1,063 |
| Charles La Trobe P-12 College, Macleod West | Government | Combined | 5.1 km | 741 | 930 |
| Pascoe Vale North Primary School, Pascoe Vale | Government | Primary | 5.1 km | 355 | 1,038 |
| Thornbury High School, Thornbury | Government | Secondary | 5.2 km | 1,123 | 1,067 |
| St Pius X School, Heidelberg West | Catholic | Primary | 5.2 km | 46 | 1,056 |
| St Thomas More's School, Hadfield | Catholic | Primary | 5.4 km | 366 | 1,074 |
| Coburg North Primary School, Coburg | Government | Primary | 5.4 km | 509 | 1,128 |
| Campbellfield Heights Primary School, Campbellfield | Government | Primary | 5.5 km | 148 | 943 |
| Belle Vue Park Primary School, Glenroy | Government | Primary | 5.6 km | 159 | 949 |
| Rosanna Primary School, Rosanna | Government | Primary | 5.6 km | 343 | 1,098 |
| Waratah Special Developmental School, Bellfield | Government | Combined | 5.7 km | 73 | 965 |
| Parade College, Bundoora | Catholic | Secondary | 5.9 km | 1,968 | 1,077 |
| Macleod College, Macleod | Government | Combined | 6.0 km | 545 | 1,073 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Reservoir [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22161/reservoir/topic/education