77.2% ▲ +6.8%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.3%
- 2016: 75.6%
- 2021: 77.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Torrens · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Torrens
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly half of all adults in Torrens hold a bachelor degree or higher, marking it as a highly educated area. This strong academic profile is seen across the board, with far more people finishing high school than the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 77.2% of residents finished Year 12, which is far above the national figure and slightly higher than the ACT average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Torrens, Year 12 is the majority at 81%; Year 10 is next at 11%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 45% of adults, a figure that is among the highest for similar areas and far above the Australian average.
45.0% ▲ +15.8%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.9%
- 2016: 39.8%
- 2021: 45.0%
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 Torrens, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 42%, followed by Postgraduate degree (20%) and Certificate III / IV (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for residents are society and culture at 19.3% and management and commerce at 18.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are much larger and have higher advantage scores than most areas, with 21 schools located within 3 km. Most of these are government primary schools.
1.92
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
21
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).
535
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,088
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 Torrens
21 schools — 11,241 students, average ICSEA 1,088.
By sector: Government 15 · Catholic 4 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 14 · Secondary 5 · Combined 2
| Torrens Primary School, Torrens | Government | Primary | 0.4 km | 394 | 1,079 |
| Sacred Heart Primary School, Pearce | Catholic | Primary | 0.5 km | 210 | 1,131 |
| Melrose High School, Pearce | Government | Secondary | 0.9 km | 776 | 1,079 |
| Marist College Canberra, Pearce | Independent | Combined | 1.2 km | 1,852 | 1,142 |
| Mawson Primary School, Mawson | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 542 | 1,139 |
| Canberra Christian School, Mawson | Independent | Primary | 1.9 km | 228 | 1,087 |
| Farrer Primary School, Farrer | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 252 | 1,098 |
| Taylor Primary School, Kambah | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 286 | 1,043 |
| Wanniassa Hills Primary School, Wanniassa | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 340 | 1,061 |
| St Anthony's Parish Primary School, Wanniassa | Catholic | Primary | 2.6 km | 421 | 1,067 |
| Wanniassa School, Wanniassa | Government | Secondary | 2.9 km | 538 | 991 |
| Namadgi School, Kambah | Government | Combined | 2.9 km | 578 | 978 |
| Arawang Primary School, Waramanga | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 469 | 1,113 |
| St Thomas the Apostle Primary School, Kambah | Catholic | Primary | 3.3 km | 325 | 1,082 |
| Garran Primary School, Garran | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 676 | 1,159 |
| The Canberra College, Phillip | Government | Secondary | 3.4 km | 1,174 | 1,087 |
| Lyons Early Childhood School, Lyons | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 91 | 1,116 |
| Mount Stromlo High School, Waramanga | Government | Secondary | 3.5 km | 846 | 1,085 |
| Sts Peter and Paul Primary School, Garran | Catholic | Primary | 3.6 km | 299 | 1,130 |
| Erindale College, Wanniassa | Government | Secondary | 3.6 km | 871 | 1,041 |
| Malkara School, Garran | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 73 | 1,021 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Torrens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80126/torrens/topic/education