71.2% —
Higher than 82% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 66.3%
- 2021: 71.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Education & Qualifications in Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan)
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 12 percentage points separates Bulleen from the national average for both high school and university completion. This is a highly educated area where 71.2% of residents finished Year 12 and 38.3% hold a university degree. Both figures have climbed steadily since 2016.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is much higher here than in most similar areas, with 71.2% of people finishing Year 12. This is well above the Victorian figure of 61.8% and has risen by 5 percentage points since 2016.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan), Year 12 is the majority at 74%; Year 9 or below is next at 11%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Nearly 38% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far above the Australian average of 26.3%. This high level of qualification is led by bachelor degrees at 38.3% and postgraduate degrees at 16%.
38.3% —
Higher than 82% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 38.3%
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 Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan), the largest group is Bachelor degree at 44%, followed by Postgraduate degree (18%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study in the area are management and commerce at 26.2%, followed by engineering at 12.5% and society and culture at 10.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are much larger and have higher advantage scores than those in most similar areas. However, with only 1.29 schools per 1,000 children, the number of schools is much lower than in other areas.
1.29
Lower than 85% of state electorate areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
13
Lower than 76% of state electorate 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).
8,398
Lower than 59% of state electorate areas.
Total students enrolled across the area's schools.
646
Higher than 77% of state electorate areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,117
Higher than 89% of state electorate areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan)
13 schools — 8,398 students, average ICSEA 1,117.
By sector: Government 9 · Catholic 4
By type: Primary 9 · Secondary 3 · Combined 1
| Templestowe Heights Primary School, Templestowe Lower | Government | Primary | 0.1 km | 544 | 1,132 |
| Templestowe College, Templestowe Lower | Government | Secondary | 0.3 km | 1,227 | 1,099 |
| St Kevin's School, Templestowe Lower | Catholic | Primary | 0.7 km | 132 | 1,096 |
| Templestowe Valley Primary School, Lower Templestowe | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 309 | 1,092 |
| St Gregory the Great School, Doncaster | Catholic | Primary | 1.6 km | 271 | 1,138 |
| Bulleen Heights School, Bulleen | Government | Combined | 2.1 km | 273 | 1,071 |
| Templestowe Park Primary School, Templestowe | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 548 | 1,108 |
| Doncaster Primary School, Doncaster | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 543 | 1,125 |
| St Clement of Rome School, Bulleen | Catholic | Primary | 2.5 km | 456 | 1,109 |
| Doncaster Secondary College, Doncaster | Government | Secondary | 2.7 km | 1,157 | 1,067 |
| Birralee Primary School, Doncaster | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 576 | 1,163 |
| Serpell Primary School, Templestowe | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 1,231 | 1,173 |
| Marcellin College, Bulleen | Catholic | Secondary | 3.3 km | 1,131 | 1,115 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bulleen (Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED21401/bulleen/topic/education