68.9% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.8%
- 2016: 65.3%
- 2021: 68.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Sassafras · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Sassafras
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far more people in Sassafras have finished high school and university than the national average. This highly educated community sees 68.9% of residents completing Year 12, which is 10 percentage points higher than across Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
High school completion is much higher here than in most areas. Nearly 69% of residents finished Year 12, a figure well above the Victorian average of 61.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Sassafras, Year 12 is the majority at 72%; Year 11 is next at 12%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are common, with 34.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the national figure of 26.3%.
34.4% ▲ +18.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 34.4%
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 Sassafras, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 35%, followed by Certificate III / IV (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for residents are management and commerce at 17.6%, followed by society and culture at 13.9% and health at 12.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Sassafras has a high number of schools for its size, with 10 within 3km. While these schools are typically smaller than in other areas, they have a school advantage score much higher than most places.
13.89
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
10
Higher than 79% 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).
207
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,056
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Sassafras
10 schools — 2,072 students, average ICSEA 1,056.
By sector: Government 9 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 9 · Combined 1
| Sherbrooke Community School, Sassafras | Government | Combined | 0.6 km | 95 | 982 |
| Sassafras Primary School, Sassafras | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 29 | 1,055 |
| Olinda Primary School, Olinda | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 13 | 964 |
| Ferny Creek Primary School, Ferny Creek | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 127 | 1,111 |
| St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School, The Basin | Catholic | Primary | 3.2 km | 255 | 1,069 |
| Kallista Primary School, Kallista | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 91 | 1,118 |
| The Basin Primary School, The Basin | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 583 | 1,042 |
| Mount Dandenong Primary School, Mount Dandenong | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 152 | 1,078 |
| Ferntree Gully North Primary School, Ferntree Gully | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 289 | 1,055 |
| Billanook Primary School, Montrose | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 438 | 1,048 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Sassafras [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22239/sassafras/topic/education