42.8% ▲ +31.2%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 42.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Glen Iris · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Glen Iris
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of adults in Glen Iris finished Year 12, marking this as an area where practical training is more common than high-level academic study. The local workforce relies heavily on trade certificates rather than university degrees, with only 11.5% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 42.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the state and national figures. About 31.6% of the population instead left school after Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Glen Iris, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 11 (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Vocational training is the norm here, with 43.7% of people holding a Certificate III or IV. This helps explain why the proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is far below the national average.
11.5% ▲ +67.7%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Glen Iris, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are most common in engineering and related fields at 20.1%, followed by management and commerce at 17.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Families have easy access to education with 14 schools within 3 km, which is more than 85% of similar areas. Most of these are government primary schools.
4.29
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
14
Higher than 84% 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).
360
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,003
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Glen Iris
14 schools — 5,036 students, average ICSEA 1,003.
By sector: Government 11 · Catholic 2 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 10 · Secondary 3 · Combined 1
| Grace Christian School, Glen Iris | Independent | Combined | 0.5 km | 609 | 1,053 |
| Djidi Djidi Aboriginal School, Bunbury | Government | Primary | 0.6 km | 98 | 684 |
| Picton Primary School, Glen Iris | Government | Primary | 0.7 km | 153 | 934 |
| Bunbury Catholic College, Bunbury | Catholic | Secondary | 1.9 km | 954 | 1,048 |
| Cooinda Primary School, East Bunbury | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 278 | 974 |
| Eaton Primary School, Eaton | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 407 | 958 |
| Carey Park Primary School, Carey Park | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 282 | 900 |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Bunbury | Catholic | Primary | 3.5 km | 215 | 1,078 |
| South Bunbury Primary School, South Bunbury | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 393 | 989 |
| South Bunbury Education Support Centre, South Bunbury | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 79 | 960 |
| Manea Senior College, Bunbury | Government | Secondary | 3.7 km | 547 | 1,033 |
| Bunbury Primary School, Bunbury | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 423 | 1,076 |
| Eaton Community College, Eaton | Government | Secondary | 4.6 km | 449 | 949 |
| Clifton Park Primary School, Clifton Park | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 149 | 969 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Glen Iris [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50553/glen-iris/topic/education