71.2% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Thornhill Park · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Thornhill Park
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher levels of schooling and degrees shape daily life in Thornhill Park, where 71.2% of residents finished Year 12. This is well above the Victorian figure of 61.8%, making the area one of the most highly educated of its kind.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Schooling levels are far above the national average, with 71.2% of people completing Year 12. Only 6.7% of residents left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Thornhill Park, Year 12 is the majority at 76%; Year 10 is next at 10%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 31.4% of the population, which is much higher than most areas. This result is well above the Australian figure of 26.3%.
31.4% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
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 Thornhill Park, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 36%, followed by Certificate III / IV (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in management and commerce at 21.7%, followed by engineering and health, which account for 13.6% and 12.6% respectively.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 7 schools within 3km, though there are much fewer schools per child than in most areas. Most of these are government primary schools, with an average size of 678 students.
1.21
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
7
Higher than 75% 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).
678
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,034
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 Thornhill Park
7 schools — 4,747 students, average ICSEA 1,034.
By sector: Government 6 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 4 · Combined 2 · Secondary 1
| Thornhill Park Primary School, Thornhill Park | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 768 | 1,019 |
| Rockbank Primary School, Rockbank | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 615 | 1,027 |
| Aintree Primary School, Aintree | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 1,323 | 1,058 |
| Yarrabing Secondary College, Aintree | Government | Secondary | 3.1 km | 398 | 1,018 |
| Dharra School, Aintree | Government | Combined | 3.2 km | 111 | 1,029 |
| Strathtulloh Primary School, Strathtulloh | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 1,350 | 1,024 |
| Muhammadiyah Australia College, Melton | Independent | Combined | 5.3 km | 182 | 1,052 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Thornhill Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22509/thornhill-park/topic/education