65.0% ▲ +43.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.2%
- 2016: 52.3%
- 2021: 65.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Woodend North · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Woodend North
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Much higher rates of schooling and university degrees than most similar areas define Woodend North. The area is well-educated, with 65% of residents completing Year 12 and over 30% holding a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is well above the national figure, with 65% of residents finishing their schooling compared to 58.8% across Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Woodend North, Year 12 is the majority at 68%; Year 11 is next at 11%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 30.4% of adults, which is a little above the Victorian figure and well above the national average.
30.4% ▲ +64.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Woodend North splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (33%) and Certificate III / IV (30%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 15%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are health at 13%, society and culture at 10.7%, and both engineering and architecture and building at 10.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are four schools within 3km, which is more than about 73% of similar areas. These schools are larger than usual and have an advantage score among the highest at this level.
4
Higher than 71% 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).
437
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,112
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Woodend North
4 schools — 1,747 students, average ICSEA 1,112.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 3 · Combined 1
| Woodend Primary School, Woodend | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 378 | 1,091 |
| St Ambrose's School, Woodend | Catholic | Primary | 4.5 km | 225 | 1,109 |
| Newham Primary School, Newham | Government | Primary | 6.2 km | 50 | 1,079 |
| Braemar College, Woodend | Independent | Combined | 6.8 km | 1,094 | 1,121 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Woodend North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22834/woodend-north/topic/education