65.5% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 52.9%
- 2021: 65.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Avonside · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Avonside
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Much higher qualification rates than most similar areas define Avonside, where over 65% of residents have completed Year 12. This high level of schooling is matched by a strong university presence, with a third of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Schooling levels are well above the national figure of 58.8%, with 65.5% of people in Avonside finishing Year 12. Only 4.2% of residents left school at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Avonside, Year 12 is the majority at 68%; Year 10 is next at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 33.3%, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 35.8% of people.
33.3% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 33.3%
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 Avonside, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 37%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 18.9%, followed by engineering and related fields at 14.7%. Architecture, building and education both account for 9.5% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar areas.
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Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Avonside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10118/avonside/topic/education