65.4% ▲ +19.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.7%
- 2016: 60.5%
- 2021: 65.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Upwey · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Upwey
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Well above the national figure, 65.4% of Upwey residents have completed Year 12. This high level of schooling is a key feature of the area, where residents are generally more qualified than those in most other similar places across Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Schooling levels are much higher than most areas, with 65.4% of people finishing Year 12, which is well above the national rate of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Upwey, Year 12 is the majority at 68%; Year 11 is next at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 30.5% of adults, a figure that is much higher than most areas and well above the Australian average.
30.5% ▲ +46.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Upwey splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (32%) and Certificate III / IV (30%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in management and commerce at 15.4%, followed by engineering and society and culture, both around 13%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Upwey has 18 schools within 3km, more than 88% of similar areas, and these schools have an advantage score that is much higher than most others.
2.29
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
18
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).
320
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,070
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Upwey
18 schools — 5,758 students, average ICSEA 1,070.
By sector: Government 11 · Catholic 4 · Independent 3
By type: Primary 11 · Secondary 4 · Combined 3
| Upwey Primary School, Upwey | Government | Primary | 0.5 km | 129 | 1,114 |
| Upwey High School, Upwey | Government | Secondary | 0.6 km | 744 | 1,048 |
| Upwey South Primary School, Upwey | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 321 | 1,078 |
| Upper Ferntree Gully Primary School, Upper Ferntree Gully | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 80 | 1,038 |
| Tecoma Primary School, Tecoma | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 361 | 1,080 |
| St Thomas More's School, Belgrave | Catholic | Primary | 2.3 km | 101 | 1,089 |
| Belgrave Heights Christian School, Belgrave Heights | Independent | Combined | 2.3 km | 776 | 1,078 |
| Ferny Creek Primary School, Ferny Creek | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 127 | 1,111 |
| Mater Christi College, Belgrave | Catholic | Secondary | 2.9 km | 688 | 1,093 |
| St Joseph's College, Ferntree Gully | Catholic | Secondary | 3.2 km | 991 | 1,052 |
| St John the Baptist School, Ferntree Gully | Catholic | Primary | 3.4 km | 221 | 1,075 |
| Selby Primary School, Selby | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 165 | 1,109 |
| The Avenue School, Ferntree Gully | Independent | Secondary | 3.8 km | 21 | 999 |
| Belgrave South Primary School, Belgrave South | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 375 | 1,065 |
| Heritage College Knox, Ferntree Gully | Independent | Combined | 4.1 km | 183 | 1,059 |
| Ferntree Gully North Primary School, Ferntree Gully | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 289 | 1,055 |
| Kallista Primary School, Kallista | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 91 | 1,118 |
| Sherbrooke Community School, Sassafras | Government | Combined | 4.5 km | 95 | 982 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Upwey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22620/upwey/topic/education