51.7% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 51.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Sailors Hill · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Sailors Hill
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Sailors Hill have shifted over the last decade to be higher than in most similar areas. While 51.7% of residents completed Year 12, this is still well below the national figure of 58.8%. The area now sees more adults with university degrees than many comparable neighbourhoods.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just over half of residents, 51.7%, finished Year 12, which is far below the Victorian average of 61.8%. Another 18.3% of people stopped after Year 10, while 13.3% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Sailors Hill, Year 12 is the majority at 56%; Year 10 is next at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Around 17.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but still well below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common top qualifications are bachelor degrees at 30% and diplomas at 27.5%.
17.9% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Sailors Hill splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (43%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (39%), with Certificate III / IV at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with Education and Society & Culture both at 17.5%. Other common areas of study include food and hospitality at 12.5%, and health and commerce at 10% each.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 3 schools within 3km, which is more than 70% of similar areas. These schools have a higher advantage score than most, with two-thirds being government primary schools and one-third being Catholic secondary schools.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
232
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,016
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Sailors Hill
3 schools — 695 students, average ICSEA 1,016.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| Daylesford Primary School, Daylesford | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 192 | 1,022 |
| St Michael's School, Daylesford | Catholic | Primary | 3.6 km | 86 | 1,049 |
| Daylesford Secondary College, Daylesford | Government | Secondary | 3.8 km | 417 | 1,007 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Sailors Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22225/sailors-hill/topic/education