68.3% —
Higher than 77% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 61.2%
- 2021: 68.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Pascoe Vale (Northern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Education & Qualifications in Pascoe Vale (Northern Metropolitan)
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More residents in Pascoe Vale have pushed their education further since 2016, with a significant rise in both high school and university completions. Today, 35.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure well above the national average. This shift shows a community that is becoming increasingly qualified.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion has jumped 7.1 percentage points since 2016 to reach 68.3%. This is well above the 61.8% seen across Victoria and far higher than most other similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Pascoe Vale (Northern Metropolitan), Year 12 is the majority at 73%; Year 9 or below is next at 12%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher rose 7.3 percentage points since 2016 to 35.6%. This result is well above the national figure of 26.3%, with 34% of residents holding a bachelor degree specifically.
35.6% —
Higher than 78% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 35.6%
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 Pascoe Vale (Northern Metropolitan), the largest group is Bachelor degree at 39%, followed by Certificate III / IV (19%) and Postgraduate degree (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are management and commerce at 18.8%, followed by society and culture at 13.4% and engineering at 11.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Pascoe Vale has 22 schools within 3km, which is more than 60% of similar areas, and these schools have a higher advantage score than most. Most of the 10,717 enrolments are in government schools, which make up 59.1% of the sector.
1.63
Lower than 66% of state electorate areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
22
Higher than 57% 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).
10,717
Higher than 61% of state electorate areas.
Total students enrolled across the area's schools.
487
Higher than 51% of state electorate areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,053
Higher than 66% of state electorate areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Pascoe Vale (Northern Metropolitan)
22 schools — 10,717 students, average ICSEA 1,053.
By sector: Government 13 · Catholic 7 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 13 · Secondary 5 · Combined 4
| Pascoe Vale North Primary School, Pascoe Vale | Government | Primary | 0.6 km | 355 | 1,038 |
| Pascoe Vale Girls Secondary College, Pascoe Vale | Government | Secondary | 0.7 km | 719 | 987 |
| Westbreen Primary School, Pascoe Vale | Government | Primary | 0.8 km | 422 | 1,051 |
| St Oliver Plunkett's School, Pascoe Vale | Catholic | Primary | 1.0 km | 379 | 1,100 |
| Pascoe Vale Primary School, Pascoe Vale | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 456 | 1,066 |
| St Thomas More's School, Hadfield | Catholic | Primary | 1.6 km | 366 | 1,074 |
| St Francis de Sales School, Oak Park | Catholic | Primary | 1.8 km | 237 | 1,085 |
| Coburg North Primary School, Coburg | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 509 | 1,128 |
| Antonine College, Pascoe Vale South | Catholic | Combined | 2.2 km | 927 | 982 |
| Glenroy College, Glenroy | Government | Secondary | 2.2 km | 454 | 931 |
| Mercy College, Coburg | Catholic | Secondary | 2.3 km | 403 | 1,029 |
| Glenroy Central Primary School, Glenroy | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 263 | 986 |
| Oak Park Primary School, Oak Park | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 388 | 1,095 |
| Corpus Christi School, Glenroy | Catholic | Primary | 2.6 km | 174 | 1,055 |
| Australian International Academy of Education, Coburg | Independent | Combined | 2.7 km | 2,215 | 1,071 |
| St Paul's School, Coburg | Catholic | Primary | 3.0 km | 200 | 1,097 |
| Glenroy Specialist School, Glenroy | Government | Combined | 3.1 km | 167 | 987 |
| Coburg Primary School, Coburg | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 346 | 1,113 |
| Glenroy West Primary School, Glenroy | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 333 | 1,031 |
| Islamic College of Sport, Coburg | Independent | Secondary | 3.5 km | 72 | 989 |
| Coburg High School, Coburg | Government | Secondary | 3.5 km | 1,265 | 1,099 |
| Coburg Special Developmental School, Coburg | Government | Combined | 3.8 km | 67 | 1,028 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Pascoe Vale (Northern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED26603/pascoe-vale/topic/education