41.6% ▼ 0.0%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.6%
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 41.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wimbledon Heights · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wimbledon Heights
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than a third of adults in Wimbledon Heights hold a Certificate III or IV, the most common qualification in the area. This is a community where formal schooling and university degrees are far less common than in the rest of Victoria.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 41.6% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. Roughly 19% of the population stopped their schooling at Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wimbledon Heights, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 11 (21%) and Year 10 (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 14.9% of the population, far below the 26.3% seen across Australia. Diploma-level qualifications are more common, held by 17.1% of residents.
14.9% ▲ +25.7%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 14.9%
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 Wimbledon Heights, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (21%) and Bachelor degree (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are engineering at 14.7% and management and commerce at 12.3%. Education and hospitality services also make up over 10% each.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are three schools within 3km, which is more than 70% of similar areas. These schools are larger than most and have an advantage score that is much higher than most areas.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
516
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,055
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 Wimbledon Heights
3 schools — 1,549 students, average ICSEA 1,055.
By sector: Catholic 1 · Government 1 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 2 · Combined 1
| Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Cowes | Catholic | Primary | 2.4 km | 110 | 995 |
| Cowes Primary School, Cowes | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 523 | 1,019 |
| Newhaven College, Rhyll | Independent | Combined | 2.9 km | 916 | 1,083 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wimbledon Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22801/wimbledon-heights/topic/education