75.5% ▲ +6.6%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.9%
- 2016: 73.0%
- 2021: 75.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Macquarie · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Macquarie
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A far higher share of people in Macquarie hold degrees than the national figure, with 46.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This makes the area one of the most highly qualified places at this level, where school completion rates also sit far above the Australian average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 75.5% of residents completed Year 12, which is far above the national figure and among the highest for similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Macquarie, Year 12 is the majority at 81%; Year 10 is next at 11%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are very common here, with 46.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, which is well above the ACT average.
46.4% ▲ +22.5%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.9%
- 2016: 42.0%
- 2021: 46.4%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Macquarie, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 39%, followed by Postgraduate degree (25%) and Certificate III / IV (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are society and culture at 20.4%, followed by management and commerce at 16.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Macquarie has a high school advantage score and larger-than-average schools, with 16 schools within 3 km—more than 87% of similar areas.
3.96
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
16
Higher than 86% 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).
610
Higher than 85% 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 Macquarie
16 schools — 9,767 students, average ICSEA 1,112.
By sector: Government 11 · Catholic 4 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 10 · Secondary 5 · Combined 1
| Macquarie Primary School, Macquarie | Government | Primary | 0.5 km | 291 | 1,070 |
| Canberra High School, Macquarie | Government | Secondary | 0.9 km | 898 | 1,100 |
| St Vincent's Primary School, Aranda | Catholic | Primary | 1.2 km | 195 | 1,117 |
| Aranda Primary School, Aranda | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 517 | 1,159 |
| University of Canberra Senior Secondary College Lake Ginninderra, Belconnen | Government | Secondary | 1.5 km | 781 | 1,066 |
| Weetangera Primary School, Weetangera | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 404 | 1,117 |
| Radford College, Bruce | Independent | Combined | 2.1 km | 2,091 | 1,203 |
| Belconnen High School, Hawker | Government | Secondary | 2.4 km | 636 | 1,066 |
| St Matthew's Primary School, Page | Catholic | Primary | 2.4 km | 332 | 1,085 |
| Hawker Primary School, Hawker | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 331 | 1,129 |
| Florey Primary School, Florey | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 397 | 1,042 |
| Hawker College, Hawker | Government | Secondary | 3.0 km | 605 | 1,073 |
| Southern Cross Early Childhood School, Scullin | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 115 | 1,088 |
| St John the Apostle Primary School, Florey | Catholic | Primary | 3.4 km | 368 | 1,077 |
| St Francis Xavier College, Florey | Catholic | Secondary | 3.7 km | 1,323 | 1,070 |
| Maribyrnong Primary School, Kaleen | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 483 | 1,100 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Macquarie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80091/macquarie/topic/education