72.8% ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.8%
- 2016: 69.0%
- 2021: 72.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Florey · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Florey
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher education levels than most similar areas define Florey, where 37.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. While this is well below the ACT average, it sits far above the national figure. This creates a well-qualified resident base compared to many other parts of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is high here at 72.8%, which is far above the Australian average. However, this is well below the ACT rate of 77.0%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Florey, Year 12 is the majority at 75%; Year 10 is next at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree is the most common top qualification for 33.6% of residents, while 17.2% hold a postgraduate degree. This high level of university schooling is common for the area but remains well below the ACT average.
37.1% ▲ +25.0%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 37.1%
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 Florey, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 37%, followed by Certificate III / IV (20%) and Postgraduate degree (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 19.4% and society and culture at 18.2%. Other notable qualifications include engineering and information technology, both around 9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Florey has a high school advantage score of 1,086 and an average school size of 542, both much higher than most areas. Most children attend government schools, which make up 74.1% of the sector.
3.63
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
27
Higher than 88% 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).
542
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,086
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Florey
27 schools — 14,647 students, average ICSEA 1,086.
By sector: Government 20 · Catholic 6 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 19 · Secondary 6 · Combined 2
| Florey Primary School, Florey | Government | Primary | 0.3 km | 397 | 1,042 |
| St John the Apostle Primary School, Florey | Catholic | Primary | 0.6 km | 368 | 1,077 |
| St Francis Xavier College, Florey | Catholic | Secondary | 0.8 km | 1,323 | 1,070 |
| Southern Cross Early Childhood School, Scullin | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 115 | 1,088 |
| Melba Copland Secondary School Copland Campus Years 10 - 12, Melba | Government | Secondary | 1.4 km | 953 | 1,041 |
| Latham Primary School, Latham | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 298 | 1,038 |
| St Matthew's Primary School, Page | Catholic | Primary | 1.7 km | 332 | 1,085 |
| Cranleigh School, Holt | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 88 | 1,036 |
| St Monica's Primary School, Evatt | Catholic | Primary | 1.9 km | 412 | 1,080 |
| Mount Rogers Primary School, Melba | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 461 | 1,056 |
| Miles Franklin Primary School, Evatt | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 394 | 1,077 |
| Belconnen High School, Hawker | Government | Secondary | 2.4 km | 636 | 1,066 |
| Hawker College, Hawker | Government | Secondary | 2.6 km | 605 | 1,073 |
| Kingsford Smith School, Holt | Government | Combined | 2.6 km | 742 | 991 |
| University of Canberra Senior Secondary College Lake Ginninderra, Belconnen | Government | Secondary | 2.7 km | 781 | 1,066 |
| Macquarie Primary School, Macquarie | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 291 | 1,070 |
| Weetangera Primary School, Weetangera | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 404 | 1,117 |
| Hawker Primary School, Hawker | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 331 | 1,129 |
| St Thomas Aquinas Primary School, Charnwood | Catholic | Primary | 3.0 km | 374 | 1,045 |
| Evatt Primary School, Evatt | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 281 | 1,047 |
| Charnwood-Dunlop School, Charnwood | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 308 | 987 |
| Canberra High School, Macquarie | Government | Secondary | 3.6 km | 898 | 1,100 |
| Macgregor Primary School, Macgregor | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 590 | 1,050 |
| Fraser Primary School, Fraser | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 462 | 1,042 |
| St Vincent's Primary School, Aranda | Catholic | Primary | 4.0 km | 195 | 1,117 |
| Radford College, Bruce | Independent | Combined | 4.0 km | 2,091 | 1,203 |
| Aranda Primary School, Aranda | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 517 | 1,159 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Florey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80054/florey/topic/education