--- title: "24130 – APN Meridian™ (Education Value Index)" url: https://australianproperty.network/apn-codex/series-20000/series-24000/series-24100/series-24130/ date: 2026-01-16 modified: 2026-10-12 lang: en author: "" description: "APN Codex Node 2413024100 Series — Social Capital, Meridian BranchCertified APN Meridian™ (Education Value Index) Localities (N) 6,785 National Mean 52.59 Std Dev 11.51 Range 10.08–84.56 1What It Measures APN..." word_count: 609 --- # 24130 – APN Meridian™ (Education Value Index) APN Codex Node 2413024100 Series — Social Capital, Meridian BranchCertified ### APN Meridian™ (Education Value Index) Localities (N)6,785 National Mean52.59 Std Dev11.51 Range10.08–84.56 1What It Measures APN Meridian™ is one of five pillars in the APN Social Capital Index™, measuring educational value and human-capital development from five components: schooling access & density, the tertiary/knowledge economy, current attainment (stock), career and educational advancement over time (trajectory), and early-childhood foundation. Unlike Bedrock and Sentinel, no pillar in this branch requires polarity inversion at normalisation — every raw metric in scope is already "higher is better" in its natural direction (higher school density, higher tertiary participation, higher attainment, higher income/attainment growth, higher NQF rating). 2Composite Construction Equal-weighted mean of five components (24131–24135), with the weight shared equally across the components available for each locality. No minimum-component floor is applied per geography: Meridian follows the flag-not-gate convention (same as Agora), where the component count is tracked and visible per geography rather than used to exclude thin-coverage rows. [24131 →School Density & Sector MixMean **49.46** · SD **15.11**](https://australianproperty.network/apn-codex/series-20000/series-24000/series-24100/series-24130/24131-school-density-sector-mix/) [24132 →Tertiary Node & KnowledgeMean **59.61** · SD **17.03**](https://australianproperty.network/apn-codex/series-20000/series-24000/series-24100/series-24130/series-24132/) [24133 →Human Capital DepthMean **54.67** · SD **23.56**](https://australianproperty.network/apn-codex/series-20000/series-24000/series-24100/series-24130/series-24133/) [24134 →Advancement VelocityMean **50.80** · SD **17.55**](https://australianproperty.network/apn-codex/series-20000/series-24000/series-24100/series-24130/24134-advancement-velocity/) [24135 →Early Foundation (Childcare)Mean **47.70** · SD **20.19**](https://australianproperty.network/apn-codex/series-20000/series-24000/series-24100/series-24130/series-24135/) [MAP →Interactive Locality Map6,785 localities over 200 residents · click to explore](https://australianproperty.network/apn-codex/series-20000/series-24000/series-24100/series-24130/map/) 3National Distribution N6,785 Mean52.59 Std Dev11.51 Min10.08 Max84.56 Distribution 24130 Score — 6,785 Localities Over 200 Residents 4Component Comparison Component Means National Mean Score by Component Among localities with more than 200 residents, Tertiary Node & Knowledge (59.61) averages highest and Early Foundation (Childcare) (47.70) lowest. School Density & Sector Mix is ranked against localities with more than 200 residents. The other four components were ranked across every locality scored before a population floor was applied, so their means among localities with more than 200 residents sit away from 50. 5Data & Coverage Notes Two disclosures apply to this composite **Population floor (8 Aug 2026):** a whole-geography population>200 floor was applied directly at the 24130 parent level, removing 7,641 of 14,425 localities and bringing Meridian into line with Bedrock, Agora, and Substrate. Equal weighting and the component-count convention are unchanged for the remaining localities. **Ranking pools:** School Density & Sector Mix (24131) is ranked against localities with more than 200 residents. Tertiary Node & Knowledge (24132), Human Capital Depth (24133), Advancement Velocity (24134) and Early Foundation (Childcare) (24135) were ranked across every locality scored before a population floor was applied, and have not been re-ranked. **School counts (12 October 2026):** the school counts behind School Density & Sector Mix were rebuilt from the state and territory registers and reconciled to the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ Schools 2025 count, and Meridian was recomputed. Tasmania is not scored on that component, so Tasmanian localities average four components. 6Other Components The other four pillars of the APN Social Capital Index™ (24100). [Node 24110 →APN Bedrock™ (Socio-Economic Position)Reads socio-economic position from household income, home ownership, unemployment, mortgage stress and relative socio-economic advantage.](https://australianproperty.network/apn-codex/series-20000/series-24000/series-24100/series-24110/) [Node 24120 →APN Sentinel™ (Safety & Sentiment Index)Reads safety and social cohesion from recorded crime risk, civic engagement, housing security, demographic pressure and acute vulnerability.](https://australianproperty.network/apn-codex/series-20000/series-24000/series-24100/series-24120/) [Node 24140 →APN Agora™ (Amenity & Access Index)Amenity and access index ranking cultural amenities, public spaces, retail services, and digital and physical connectivity.](https://australianproperty.network/apn-codex/series-20000/series-24000/series-24100/series-24140/) [Node 24150 →APN Substrate™ (Climate Resilience Rating)Reads a location's structural exposure to flood, bushfire and geological hazard, its recorded catastrophe history, and the protective presence of green infrastructure.](https://australianproperty.network/apn-codex/series-20000/series-24000/series-24100/series-24150/) [Parent index →24100 — APN Social Capital Index™](https://australianproperty.network/apn-codex/series-20000/series-24000/series-24100/) 7Certification APN Codex Node 24130 — Certified, v0.3 - Equal-weighted mean of five components, ratified 29 Jul 2026 - Whole-geography population>200 floor applied at the parent level, 8 Aug 2026 (v0.3 coverage amendment)