83.9% ▲ +6.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 78.7%
- 2016: 78.5%
- 2021: 83.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Phillip · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Phillip
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than half of all adults in Phillip hold a bachelor's degree or higher, a figure far above the national average. This creates a highly educated profile for the area, where high school completion is also well above the territory average. It is a community where a large majority of residents have pursued extensive formal study.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
A huge 83.9% of people here completed Year 12, which is well above the ACT's 77.0% and far above the national figure of 58.8%. Very few residents left school at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Phillip, Year 12 is the majority at 88%; Year 10 is next at 6%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The level of higher education is among the highest for similar areas, with 55.6% of adults holding at least a bachelor's degree. This is far above the ACT (42.9%) and more than double the Australian average.
55.6% ▲ +17.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.4%
- 2016: 51.7%
- 2021: 55.6%
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 Phillip, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 44%, followed by Postgraduate degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (12%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 19.3%, followed closely by society and culture at 18.8% and health at 18.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 25 schools within 3km, though the number of schools per child is much lower than most areas. Local schools are generally larger than average and have a high advantage score.
1.71
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
25
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).
477
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,117
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Phillip
25 schools — 11,917 students, average ICSEA 1,117.
By sector: Government 14 · Catholic 6 · Independent 5
By type: Primary 17 · Secondary 5 · Combined 3
| The Canberra College, Phillip | Government | Secondary | 0.8 km | 1,174 | 1,087 |
| Sts Peter and Paul Primary School, Garran | Catholic | Primary | 0.9 km | 299 | 1,130 |
| Malkara School, Garran | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 73 | 1,021 |
| Garran Primary School, Garran | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 676 | 1,159 |
| Canberra Christian School, Mawson | Independent | Primary | 1.2 km | 228 | 1,087 |
| Mawson Primary School, Mawson | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 542 | 1,139 |
| Lyons Early Childhood School, Lyons | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 91 | 1,116 |
| Marist College Canberra, Pearce | Independent | Combined | 1.5 km | 1,852 | 1,142 |
| Hughes Primary School, Hughes | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 457 | 1,157 |
| Melrose High School, Pearce | Government | Secondary | 1.9 km | 776 | 1,079 |
| Curtin Primary School, Curtin | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 408 | 1,146 |
| The Woden School, Deakin | Government | Secondary | 2.3 km | 93 | 1,046 |
| Holy Trinity Primary School, Curtin | Catholic | Primary | 2.3 km | 387 | 1,145 |
| Sacred Heart Primary School, Pearce | Catholic | Primary | 2.3 km | 210 | 1,131 |
| Alfred Deakin High School, Deakin | Government | Secondary | 2.5 km | 881 | 1,132 |
| Torrens Primary School, Torrens | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 394 | 1,079 |
| Arawang Primary School, Waramanga | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 469 | 1,113 |
| St John Vianney's Primary School, Waramanga | Catholic | Primary | 3.3 km | 159 | 1,094 |
| Mount Stromlo High School, Waramanga | Government | Secondary | 3.5 km | 846 | 1,085 |
| Islamic School of Canberra, Weston | Independent | Combined | 3.5 km | 455 | 1,073 |
| St Bede's Primary School, Red Hill | Catholic | Primary | 3.5 km | 261 | 1,117 |
| Orana Steiner School, Weston | Independent | Combined | 3.6 km | 413 | 1,136 |
| Farrer Primary School, Farrer | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 252 | 1,098 |
| St Jude's Primary School, Holder | Catholic | Primary | 4.0 km | 425 | 1,131 |
| Canberra Montessori School, Holder | Independent | Primary | 4.0 km | 96 | 1,128 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Phillip [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80110/phillip/topic/education