77.0% —
Higher than 91% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 72.6%
- 2021: 77.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount Waverley (Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Education & Qualifications in Mount Waverley (Eastern Metropolitan)
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly 45% of adults in Mount Waverley hold a bachelor degree or higher, far exceeding the national figure. This is a highly educated area where school completion and university degrees are much more common than in most other parts of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion has risen to 77% since 2016, a figure far above the 61.8% seen across Victoria. Only 6.7% of residents have a highest school level of Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mount Waverley (Eastern Metropolitan), Year 12 is the majority at 81%; Year 9 or below is next at 7%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher rose 6.7 points since 2016 to reach 44.7%. This is far above the Australian average of 26.3%, with 21% of the population holding a postgraduate degree.
44.7% —
Higher than 90% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 38.0%
- 2021: 44.7%
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 Mount Waverley (Eastern Metropolitan), the largest group is Bachelor degree at 44%, followed by Postgraduate degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are most common in management and commerce, which accounts for 26.4% of degrees. Engineering and related fields follow at 13.9%, while health and society and culture both sit around 9.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are among the most advantaged and typically much larger than those in other areas, with total enrolments reaching 14,774. Most of these students attend government schools, which make up 68.4% of the sector.
1.72
Lower than 61% of state electorate areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
19
Lower than 54% 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).
14,774
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
Total students enrolled across the area's schools.
778
Higher than 89% of state electorate areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,135
Higher than 93% of state electorate areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mount Waverley (Eastern Metropolitan)
19 schools — 14,774 students, average ICSEA 1,135.
By sector: Government 13 · Catholic 4 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 13 · Secondary 4 · Combined 2
| Glen Waverley Secondary College, Glen Waverley | Government | Secondary | 0.8 km | 2,417 | 1,124 |
| Syndal South Primary School, Mount Waverley | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 334 | 1,152 |
| St Christopher's School, Glen Waverley | Catholic | Primary | 1.1 km | 148 | 1,141 |
| St Leonard's School, Glen Waverley | Catholic | Primary | 1.1 km | 268 | 1,142 |
| Glenallen School, Glen Waverley | Government | Combined | 1.1 km | 171 | 1,041 |
| Glen Waverley Primary School, Glen Waverley | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 970 | 1,141 |
| Glendal Primary School, Glen Waverley | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 886 | 1,157 |
| Pinewood Primary School, Mount Waverley | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 947 | 1,161 |
| Huntingtower School, Mount Waverley | Independent | Combined | 1.6 km | 785 | 1,201 |
| Mount Waverley North Primary School, Mount Waverley | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 541 | 1,142 |
| Avila College, Mount Waverley | Catholic | Secondary | 2.0 km | 1,011 | 1,113 |
| Mount View Primary School, Glen Waverley | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 920 | 1,146 |
| Glen Waverley South Primary School, Glen Waverley | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 300 | 1,077 |
| Holy Family School, Mount Waverley | Catholic | Primary | 2.3 km | 259 | 1,124 |
| Mount Waverley Secondary College, Mount Waverley | Government | Secondary | 2.4 km | 1,862 | 1,127 |
| Brentwood Secondary College, Glen Waverley | Government | Secondary | 2.4 km | 1,565 | 1,097 |
| Cheshire School, Glen Waverley | Independent | Primary | 2.5 km | 22 | 1,052 |
| Mount Waverley Primary School, Mount Waverley | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 751 | 1,165 |
| Essex Heights Primary School, Mount Waverley | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 617 | 1,150 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mount Waverley (Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED25501/mount-waverley/topic/education