85.9% ▲ +8.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 79.2%
- 2016: 81.7%
- 2021: 85.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
O'Connor · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in O'Connor
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Highly educated residents define O'Connor, where more than half of all adults hold a university degree. This area ranks among the highest for school and qualification levels compared to similar places, with a strong focus on higher learning and professional degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Schooling levels are very high here, with 85.9% of people finishing Year 12. This is well above the ACT figure of 77.0% and far above the national average of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In O'Connor, Year 12 is the majority at 89%; Year 10 is next at 6%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 57.4% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is far above the national figure of 26.3%. This high level of attainment is seen in the 29% of residents who hold a postgraduate degree.
57.4% ▲ +8.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.8%
- 2016: 53.9%
- 2021: 57.4%
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 O'Connor, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 43%, followed by Postgraduate degree (31%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (9%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are society and culture at 30.3% and management and commerce at 15.1%. Other notable areas of study include the sciences, education, and health.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are much larger than most areas and have some of the highest advantage scores. There are 23 schools within 3km, and most are government run at 60.9%.
3.28
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
23
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).
620
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,134
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving O'Connor
23 schools — 14,253 students, average ICSEA 1,134.
By sector: Government 14 · Catholic 5 · Independent 4
By type: Primary 12 · Secondary 8 · Combined 3
| O'Connor Cooperative School, O'Connor | Government | Primary | 0.8 km | 60 | 1,141 |
| Black Mountain School, O'Connor | Government | Secondary | 1.0 km | 108 | 1,030 |
| Lyneham Primary School, Lyneham | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 498 | 1,135 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, O'Connor | Catholic | Primary | 1.2 km | 334 | 1,130 |
| Turner School, Turner | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 318 | 1,141 |
| Brindabella Christian College, Lyneham | Independent | Combined | 1.5 km | 929 | 1,154 |
| Lyneham High School, Lyneham | Government | Secondary | 1.6 km | 1,034 | 1,132 |
| Daramalan College, Dickson | Independent | Secondary | 2.3 km | 1,498 | 1,127 |
| Merici College, Braddon | Catholic | Secondary | 2.4 km | 992 | 1,138 |
| Maribyrnong Primary School, Kaleen | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 483 | 1,100 |
| Emmaus Christian School, Dickson | Independent | Combined | 2.6 km | 590 | 1,138 |
| Radford College, Bruce | Independent | Combined | 2.7 km | 2,091 | 1,203 |
| North Ainslie Primary School, Ainslie | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 527 | 1,145 |
| Ainslie School, Braddon | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 351 | 1,130 |
| Aranda Primary School, Aranda | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 517 | 1,159 |
| St Vincent's Primary School, Aranda | Catholic | Primary | 3.4 km | 195 | 1,117 |
| Kaleen Primary School, Kaleen | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 400 | 1,075 |
| Canberra High School, Macquarie | Government | Secondary | 3.6 km | 898 | 1,100 |
| University of Canberra High School Kaleen, Kaleen | Government | Secondary | 3.7 km | 571 | 1,056 |
| St Michael's Primary School, Kaleen | Catholic | Primary | 3.7 km | 171 | 1,094 |
| Dickson College, Dickson | Government | Secondary | 3.7 km | 899 | 1,101 |
| Campbell High School, Campbell | Government | Secondary | 3.9 km | 420 | 1,120 |
| Rosary Primary School, Watson | Catholic | Primary | 4.0 km | 369 | 1,121 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in O'Connor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80102/o-connor/topic/education