84.3% ▲ +10.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 76.3%
- 2016: 75.0%
- 2021: 84.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ripponlea · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Ripponlea
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Almost half of all adults in Ripponlea hold a bachelor degree or higher, marking it as one of the most highly educated areas in the region. This strong academic profile is reflected in the school results, where the vast majority of residents finished their secondary education.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far above the national figure, with 84.3% of residents finishing their final year compared to 58.8% across Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Ripponlea, Year 12 is the majority at 88%; Year 11 is next at 6%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Nearly half of adults have a university degree, which is far above the 29.2% seen in Victoria. This includes 43.7% with a bachelor degree and 16.4% with a postgraduate qualification.
49.4% ▲ +22.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.5%
- 2016: 39.7%
- 2021: 49.4%
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 Ripponlea, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 48%, followed by Postgraduate degree (18%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (14%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 22.4%, followed by society and culture at 16.6% and health at 11.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Ripponlea has access to one of the largest numbers of schools within 3km, with 33 options. These schools are larger than most and have some of the highest advantage scores in the area.
33
Higher than 89% 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).
598
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,139
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Ripponlea
33 schools — 19,740 students, average ICSEA 1,139.
By sector: Independent 14 · Government 12 · Catholic 7
By type: Primary 15 · Combined 13 · Secondary 5
| Elwood Primary School, Elwood | Government | Primary | 0.6 km | 618 | 1,131 |
| Sholem Aleichem College, Elsternwick | Independent | Primary | 0.7 km | 96 | 1,168 |
| Caulfield Grammar School, St Kilda East | Independent | Combined | 0.9 km | 3,555 | 1,157 |
| Elwood College, Elwood | Government | Secondary | 1.0 km | 804 | 1,096 |
| St Joseph's School, Elsternwick | Catholic | Primary | 1.0 km | 347 | 1,164 |
| Ripponlea Primary School, St Kilda East | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 256 | 1,141 |
| Yesodei HaTorah College, Elwood | Independent | Combined | 1.2 km | 149 | 1,112 |
| Beth Rivkah Ladies College, St Kilda East | Independent | Combined | 1.2 km | 489 | 1,086 |
| St Kilda Primary School, St Kilda | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 437 | 1,126 |
| St Columba's School, Elwood | Catholic | Primary | 1.3 km | 137 | 1,152 |
| Adass Israel School, Elsternwick | Independent | Combined | 1.3 km | 382 | 932 |
| Yeshivah College, St Kilda East | Independent | Combined | 1.3 km | 362 | 1,073 |
| Elsternwick Primary School, Brighton | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 463 | 1,147 |
| Leibler Yavneh College, Elsternwick | Independent | Combined | 1.9 km | 559 | 1,123 |
| Star of the Sea College, Brighton | Catholic | Secondary | 2.0 km | 1,204 | 1,132 |
| Cheder Levi Yitzchok Inc, St Kilda | Independent | Combined | 2.1 km | 169 | 1,053 |
| St James' School, Brighton | Catholic | Primary | 2.1 km | 146 | 1,133 |
| St Michael's Grammar School, St Kilda | Independent | Combined | 2.2 km | 1,143 | 1,180 |
| St Mary’s College Melbourne - Edmund Rice Campus, St Kilda East | Catholic | Secondary | 2.2 km | 440 | 1,093 |
| St Mary's School, St Kilda East | Catholic | Primary | 2.2 km | 135 | 1,111 |
| Caulfield Primary School, Caulfield South | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 312 | 1,133 |
| Windsor Primary School, Windsor | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 125 | 1,049 |
| Caulfield Junior College, Caulfield North | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 536 | 1,160 |
| Japanese School of Melbourne, Caulfield South | Independent | Secondary | 2.6 km | 28 | 1,091 |
| The King David School, Armadale | Independent | Combined | 2.7 km | 592 | 1,165 |
| St Kilda Park Primary School, St Kilda | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 314 | 1,142 |
| Melbourne Montessori College - Caulfield South Campus, Caulfield South | Independent | Combined | 2.9 km | 311 | 1,137 |
| Firbank Grammar School, Brighton | Independent | Combined | 3.0 km | 1,046 | 1,152 |
| Prahran High School, Windsor | Government | Secondary | 3.1 km | 564 | 1,080 |
| Our Lady of Lourdes School, Prahran | Catholic | Primary | 3.2 km | 162 | 1,142 |
| Gardenvale Primary School, Brighton East | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 617 | 1,164 |
| Victorian College For The Deaf, Melbourne | Government | Combined | 3.4 km | 61 | 978 |
| Wesley College, Melbourne | Independent | Combined | 3.5 km | 3,181 | 1,172 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ripponlea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22179/ripponlea/topic/education