66.5% ▲ +22.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.3%
- 2016: 59.7%
- 2021: 66.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ringwood · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Ringwood
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A high proportion of adults in Ringwood hold university degrees, with 33.6% having a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the national figure of 26.3%. The area is generally well-educated, and many residents have completed their secondary schooling.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is much higher here than in most areas. At 66.5%, this is well above the Victorian average of 61.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Ringwood, Year 12 is the majority at 70%; Year 9 or below is next at 10%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 33.6% of the population, which is well above the 26.3% national figure. This high level of schooling helps explain why the area's qualification levels are much higher than most others.
33.6% ▲ +53.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 33.6%
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 Ringwood, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 36%, followed by Certificate III / IV (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in management and commerce at 21.2%. Engineering and society and culture both follow at 12.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Ringwood has 49 schools within 3km, among the largest number at this level. While schools here are much larger and have higher advantage scores than most areas, there are fewer schools per 1,000 children.
2.15
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
49
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).
588
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,095
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 Ringwood
49 schools — 28,809 students, average ICSEA 1,095.
By sector: Government 34 · Catholic 9 · Independent 6
By type: Primary 33 · Secondary 12 · Combined 4
| Ringwood Secondary College, Ringwood | Government | Secondary | 0.8 km | 1,516 | 1,052 |
| Our Lady of Perpetual Help School, Ringwood | Catholic | Primary | 0.9 km | 248 | 981 |
| Norwood Secondary College, Ringwood | Government | Secondary | 1.1 km | 1,083 | 1,059 |
| Mullum Primary School, Ringwood | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 261 | 1,064 |
| Eastwood Primary School, Ringwood East | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 555 | 1,092 |
| Aquinas College, Ringwood | Catholic | Secondary | 1.5 km | 1,659 | 1,085 |
| Great Ryrie Primary School, Heathmont | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 566 | 1,072 |
| Tintern Grammar, Ringwood East | Independent | Combined | 1.7 km | 985 | 1,154 |
| Holy Spirit School, Ringwood North | Catholic | Primary | 1.9 km | 386 | 1,102 |
| Ringwood North Primary School, Ringwood North | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 471 | 1,107 |
| Ringwood Heights Primary School, Ringwood North | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 215 | 1,104 |
| Tinternvale Primary School, Ringwood East | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 328 | 1,062 |
| Melba Secondary College, Croydon | Government | Secondary | 2.5 km | 663 | 1,003 |
| Kalinda Primary School, Ringwood | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 424 | 1,097 |
| Heathmont East Primary School, Heathmont | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 570 | 1,127 |
| Ainslie Parklands Primary School, Croydon | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 93 | 1,044 |
| Antonio Park Primary School, Mitcham | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 529 | 1,137 |
| Marlborough Primary School, Heathmont | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 124 | 1,037 |
| Heathmont College, Heathmont | Government | Secondary | 3.2 km | 667 | 1,014 |
| Sacred Heart School, Croydon | Catholic | Primary | 3.3 km | 454 | 1,065 |
| Yarra Valley Grammar, Ringwood | Independent | Combined | 3.4 km | 1,899 | 1,155 |
| Rangeview Primary School, Mitcham | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 689 | 1,155 |
| Melbourne Rudolf Steiner School, Warranwood | Independent | Combined | 3.7 km | 470 | 1,097 |
| Bayswater Secondary College, Bayswater | Government | Secondary | 3.8 km | 256 | 972 |
| Park Orchards Primary School, Park Orchards | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 338 | 1,119 |
| St James' School, Vermont | Catholic | Primary | 3.9 km | 351 | 1,139 |
| Good Shepherd Lutheran Primary School, Croydon Hills | Independent | Primary | 4.0 km | 658 | 1,147 |
| Whitefriars College, Donvale | Catholic | Secondary | 4.0 km | 1,055 | 1,112 |
| Warranwood Primary School, Warranwood | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 375 | 1,089 |
| Mitcham Primary School, Mitcham | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 490 | 1,127 |
| Bayswater Primary School, Bayswater | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 155 | 1,024 |
| Croydon Primary School, Croydon | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 225 | 955 |
| Luther College, Croydon Hills | Independent | Secondary | 4.2 km | 1,219 | 1,127 |
| Mullauna Secondary College, Mitcham | Government | Secondary | 4.3 km | 625 | 1,058 |
| Croydon Community School, Croydon | Government | Secondary | 4.3 km | 143 | 983 |
| St John's School, Mitcham | Catholic | Primary | 4.3 km | 142 | 1,095 |
| St Anne's School, Park Orchards | Catholic | Primary | 4.4 km | 231 | 1,119 |
| Bayswater West Primary School, Bayswater | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 223 | 1,003 |
| Croydon Hills Primary School, Croydon Hills | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 737 | 1,095 |
| St Luke's School, Wantirna | Catholic | Primary | 4.9 km | 165 | 1,098 |
| Vermont Primary School, Vermont | Government | Primary | 5.0 km | 752 | 1,161 |
| Regency Park Primary School, Wantirna | Government | Primary | 5.0 km | 537 | 1,068 |
| Vermont Secondary College, Vermont | Government | Secondary | 5.0 km | 1,650 | 1,122 |
| Wantirna College, Wantirna | Government | Secondary | 5.4 km | 1,458 | 1,031 |
| Mount Pleasant Road Nunawading Primary School, Nunawading | Government | Primary | 5.5 km | 388 | 1,133 |
| Wantirna Primary School, Wantirna | Government | Primary | 5.5 km | 53 | 1,031 |
| Yarra Road Primary School, Croydon North | Government | Primary | 5.7 km | 244 | 1,060 |
| Templeton Primary School, Wantirna | Government | Primary | 5.7 km | 720 | 1,136 |
| The Knox School, Wantirna South | Independent | Combined | 6.4 km | 764 | 1,159 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ringwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22174/ringwood/topic/education