48.2% ▲ +30.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.9%
- 2016: 41.0%
- 2021: 48.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Thomson · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Thomson
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
About 34% of adults in Thomson hold a Certificate III or IV, the most common qualification in the area. While university degrees are more common here than in most similar areas, the community generally has lower levels of formal schooling and higher education than the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 48.2% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8% and the Australian figure of 58.8%. This is around the middle for similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Thomson, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 18.2% of the population. This is higher than most similar areas, though it remains well below the national figure of 26.3%.
18.2% ▲ +51.5%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 18.2%
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 Thomson, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 42%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are society and culture at 14.1%, followed by management and commerce at 12.6% and health at 11.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Thomson has 14.42 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most areas. There are 16 schools within 3km, and the average school advantage score is higher than most similar areas.
14.42
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
16
Higher than 86% 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).
322
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,035
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Thomson
16 schools — 5,151 students, average ICSEA 1,035.
By sector: Government 11 · Catholic 5
By type: Primary 12 · Secondary 3 · Combined 1
| Tate Street Primary School Geelong, Geelong East | Government | Primary | 0.6 km | 164 | 1,029 |
| Geelong East Primary School, Geelong East | Government | Primary | 0.6 km | 147 | 948 |
| St Margaret's School, East Geelong | Catholic | Primary | 0.9 km | 241 | 1,063 |
| MacKillop Specialist School - Whittington, Whittington | Catholic | Combined | 0.9 km | 196 | 993 |
| Christ the King School, Newcomb | Catholic | Primary | 1.4 km | 269 | 1,061 |
| Newcomb Secondary College, Newcomb | Government | Secondary | 1.5 km | 515 | 950 |
| Newcomb Primary School, Newcomb | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 142 | 960 |
| Whittington Primary School, Whittington | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 153 | 896 |
| Geelong High School, East Geelong | Government | Secondary | 2.1 km | 976 | 998 |
| Geelong South Primary School, South Geelong | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 326 | 1,088 |
| St Mary's School, Geelong | Catholic | Primary | 2.4 km | 214 | 1,114 |
| Belmont Primary School, Belmont | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 301 | 1,112 |
| Oberon Primary School, Belmont | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 224 | 1,024 |
| Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary College, Geelong | Government | Secondary | 3.3 km | 614 | 1,046 |
| Chilwell Primary School, Newtown | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 408 | 1,139 |
| St Robert's School, Newtown | Catholic | Primary | 3.5 km | 261 | 1,099 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Thomson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22506/thomson/topic/education