72.8% ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.3%
- 2016: 65.2%
- 2021: 72.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Evatt · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Evatt
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher levels of schooling and degrees are common in Evatt compared to most similar areas. While it sits well below the ACT average, it remains far above the national figure, with 34.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Around 72.8% of residents have finished Year 12, which is among the highest rates for this level in similar areas. This is far above the national average, though it is well below the ACT figure of 77.0%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Evatt, Year 12 is the majority at 75%; Year 10 is next at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 34.6% of the population, a figure well above the Australian average. Most of these high-level qualifications are bachelor degrees at 31.0%.
34.6% ▲ +20.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 34.6%
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 Evatt, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 34%, followed by Certificate III / IV (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in management and commerce at 19.3%, followed by society and culture at 18.7% and engineering at 10.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are much larger than those in most areas, with an average size of 522 students and a much higher average advantage score. There are 20 schools within 3km, and 65% are government-run.
2.64
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
20
Higher than 87% 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).
522
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,087
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Evatt
20 schools — 10,448 students, average ICSEA 1,087.
By sector: Government 13 · Catholic 6 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 15 · Secondary 4 · Combined 1
| Miles Franklin Primary School, Evatt | Government | Primary | 0.2 km | 394 | 1,077 |
| St Monica's Primary School, Evatt | Catholic | Primary | 0.7 km | 412 | 1,080 |
| Evatt Primary School, Evatt | Government | Primary | 0.8 km | 281 | 1,047 |
| Mount Rogers Primary School, Melba | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 461 | 1,056 |
| Melba Copland Secondary School Copland Campus Years 10 - 12, Melba | Government | Secondary | 1.8 km | 953 | 1,041 |
| Florey Primary School, Florey | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 397 | 1,042 |
| Giralang Primary School, Giralang | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 268 | 1,070 |
| St Francis Xavier College, Florey | Catholic | Secondary | 2.9 km | 1,323 | 1,070 |
| St John the Apostle Primary School, Florey | Catholic | Primary | 2.9 km | 368 | 1,077 |
| University of Canberra Senior Secondary College Lake Ginninderra, Belconnen | Government | Secondary | 3.1 km | 781 | 1,066 |
| Fraser Primary School, Fraser | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 462 | 1,042 |
| Charnwood-Dunlop School, Charnwood | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 308 | 987 |
| Latham Primary School, Latham | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 298 | 1,038 |
| University of Canberra High School Kaleen, Kaleen | Government | Secondary | 3.4 km | 571 | 1,056 |
| St Thomas Aquinas Primary School, Charnwood | Catholic | Primary | 3.6 km | 374 | 1,045 |
| Southern Cross Early Childhood School, Scullin | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 115 | 1,088 |
| Cranleigh School, Holt | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 88 | 1,036 |
| St Michael's Primary School, Kaleen | Catholic | Primary | 4.0 km | 171 | 1,094 |
| St Matthew's Primary School, Page | Catholic | Primary | 4.1 km | 332 | 1,085 |
| Radford College, Bruce | Independent | Combined | 4.1 km | 2,091 | 1,203 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Evatt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80050/evatt/topic/education