65.7% —
Higher than 73% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 60.8%
- 2021: 65.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Rowville (South-Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Education & Qualifications in Rowville (South-Eastern Metropolitan)
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher levels of schooling and degrees than most similar areas make Rowville a well-qualified community. A significant 65.7% of residents have completed Year 12, a figure that has risen steadily in recent years.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is well above the national figure at 65.7%, and this has risen by 5.0 percentage points since 2016. Roughly 11.7% of people finished Year 10 and another 11.7% finished Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Rowville (South-Eastern Metropolitan), Year 12 is the majority at 68%; Year 10 is next at 12%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher has risen to 27.7% since 2016, which is a little above the Australian average. The most common top qualification is a bachelor degree at 30.8%.
27.7% —
Higher than 66% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 27.7%
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 Rowville (South-Eastern Metropolitan), the largest group is Bachelor degree at 34%, followed by Certificate III / IV (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Management and commerce are the most popular fields of study at 23.2%, followed by engineering and related fields at 16.3%. Other common qualifications include society and culture at 10.5% and health at 9.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools have a higher average advantage score than most areas, though there are far fewer schools per 1,000 children than usual. Most of the 12 schools within 3km are government primary schools.
1.27
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
12
Lower than 81% 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).
6,143
Lower than 77% of state electorate areas.
Total students enrolled across the area's schools.
512
Higher than 57% of state electorate areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,052
Higher than 65% of state electorate areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Rowville (South-Eastern Metropolitan)
12 schools — 6,143 students, average ICSEA 1,052.
By sector: Government 9 · Catholic 3
By type: Primary 9 · Secondary 3
| St Simon's School, Rowville | Catholic | Primary | 0.4 km | 366 | 1,087 |
| Heany Park Primary School, Rowville | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 314 | 1,090 |
| Rowville Primary School, Rowville | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 439 | 1,060 |
| Rowville Secondary College, Rowville | Government | Secondary | 1.2 km | 1,887 | 1,028 |
| Park Ridge Primary School, Rowville | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 527 | 1,067 |
| Karoo Primary School, Rowville | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 422 | 1,086 |
| Lysterfield Primary School, Lysterfield | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 482 | 1,064 |
| Carrington Primary School, Knoxfield | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 64 | 974 |
| Scoresby Primary School, Scoresby | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 136 | 1,013 |
| Scoresby Secondary College, Scoresby | Government | Secondary | 4.4 km | 244 | 1,003 |
| St Jude the Apostle School, Scoresby | Catholic | Primary | 4.6 km | 271 | 1,083 |
| St Joseph's College, Ferntree Gully | Catholic | Secondary | 5.6 km | 991 | 1,052 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Rowville (South-Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED27305/rowville/topic/education