76.3% ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.5%
- 2016: 69.9%
- 2021: 76.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
St Kilda · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in St Kilda
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly half of all adults in St Kilda hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far above the national figure. This high level of schooling is a key feature of the area, with most residents completing Year 12. It is an educated community with a strong presence of both government and independent schools.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far above the national average at 76.3%, a rate that sits among the highest for similar areas. Very few residents stopped their schooling at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In St Kilda, Year 12 is the majority at 84%; Year 11 is next at 7%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area is highly qualified, with 46.7% of adults holding a university degree. This is far above the Victorian average of 29.2%, with postgraduate degrees held by 16.7% of the population.
46.7% ▲ +15.4%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.5%
- 2016: 40.1%
- 2021: 46.7%
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 St Kilda, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 44%, followed by Postgraduate degree (20%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are most common in management and commerce at 20.5%, followed by society and culture at 15.4% and creative arts at 10.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
St Kilda has 47 schools within 3km, among the largest number for its level. The typical school is much larger than in most other areas, with an average size of 653 students.
3.11
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
47
Higher than 91% 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).
653
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,149
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 St Kilda
47 schools — 30,706 students, average ICSEA 1,149.
By sector: Government 21 · Independent 17 · Catholic 9
By type: Primary 21 · Combined 16 · Secondary 10
| St Kilda Park Primary School, St Kilda | Government | Primary | 0.7 km | 314 | 1,142 |
| St Kilda Primary School, St Kilda | Government | Primary | 0.8 km | 437 | 1,126 |
| Cheder Levi Yitzchok Inc, St Kilda | Independent | Combined | 1.0 km | 169 | 1,053 |
| Yesodei HaTorah College, Elwood | Independent | Combined | 1.0 km | 149 | 1,112 |
| St Michael's Grammar School, St Kilda | Independent | Combined | 1.0 km | 1,143 | 1,180 |
| St Mary’s College Melbourne - Edmund Rice Campus, St Kilda East | Catholic | Secondary | 1.5 km | 440 | 1,093 |
| Windsor Primary School, Windsor | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 125 | 1,049 |
| St Mary's School, St Kilda East | Catholic | Primary | 1.5 km | 135 | 1,111 |
| Victorian College For The Deaf, Melbourne | Government | Combined | 1.6 km | 61 | 978 |
| Prahran High School, Windsor | Government | Secondary | 1.6 km | 564 | 1,080 |
| Yeshivah College, St Kilda East | Independent | Combined | 1.7 km | 362 | 1,073 |
| Wesley College, Melbourne | Independent | Combined | 1.7 km | 3,181 | 1,172 |
| Beth Rivkah Ladies College, St Kilda East | Independent | Combined | 1.9 km | 489 | 1,086 |
| Elwood College, Elwood | Government | Secondary | 2.0 km | 804 | 1,096 |
| Elwood Primary School, Elwood | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 618 | 1,131 |
| St Columba's School, Elwood | Catholic | Primary | 2.0 km | 137 | 1,152 |
| Ripponlea Primary School, St Kilda East | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 256 | 1,141 |
| Caulfield Grammar School, St Kilda East | Independent | Combined | 2.5 km | 3,555 | 1,157 |
| South Yarra Primary School, South Yarra | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 435 | 1,152 |
| The King David School, Armadale | Independent | Combined | 2.6 km | 592 | 1,165 |
| Sholem Aleichem College, Elsternwick | Independent | Primary | 2.7 km | 96 | 1,168 |
| Our Lady of Lourdes School, Prahran | Catholic | Primary | 2.8 km | 162 | 1,142 |
| Middle Park Primary School, Middle Park | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 393 | 1,150 |
| Christ Church Grammar School, South Yarra | Independent | Primary | 2.8 km | 287 | 1,213 |
| St Joseph's School, Elsternwick | Catholic | Primary | 2.9 km | 347 | 1,164 |
| South Melbourne Park Primary School, Albert Park | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 402 | 1,105 |
| Adass Israel School, Elsternwick | Independent | Combined | 3.2 km | 382 | 932 |
| MacRobertson Girls High School, Melbourne | Government | Secondary | 3.3 km | 1,195 | 1,186 |
| Melbourne High School, South Yarra | Government | Secondary | 3.3 km | 1,402 | 1,195 |
| Melbourne Girls Grammar, South Yarra | Independent | Combined | 3.3 km | 1,046 | 1,181 |
| Toorak Primary School, Toorak | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 439 | 1,141 |
| Kamaruka, South Yarra | Independent | Combined | 3.3 km | 35 | 1,094 |
| Youth2Industry College, South Melbourne | Independent | Secondary | 3.3 km | 64 | 1,033 |
| Elsternwick Primary School, Brighton | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 463 | 1,147 |
| Centre for Higher Education Studies, South Yarra | Government | Secondary | 3.4 km | 468 | 1,079 |
| Loreto Mandeville Hall, Toorak | Catholic | Combined | 3.4 km | 1,220 | 1,167 |
| Melbourne Grammar School, Melbourne | Independent | Combined | 3.5 km | 1,905 | 1,177 |
| Armadale Primary School, Armadale | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 254 | 1,156 |
| Albert Park Primary School, Albert Park | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 430 | 1,156 |
| Caulfield Junior College, Caulfield North | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 536 | 1,160 |
| Albert Park College, Albert Park | Government | Secondary | 3.7 km | 1,657 | 1,127 |
| Star of the Sea College, Brighton | Catholic | Secondary | 3.9 km | 1,204 | 1,132 |
| Leibler Yavneh College, Elsternwick | Independent | Combined | 3.9 km | 559 | 1,123 |
| Galilee Regional Catholic Primary School, South Melbourne | Catholic | Primary | 3.9 km | 369 | 1,154 |
| St James' School, Brighton | Catholic | Primary | 4.0 km | 146 | 1,133 |
| Lauriston Girls' School, Armadale | Independent | Combined | 4.1 km | 935 | 1,199 |
| Victorian College Of The Arts Secondary School, Southbank | Government | Secondary | 4.3 km | 344 | 1,141 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in St Kilda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22343/st-kilda/topic/education