32.6% ▲ +18.0%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Fairy Hill · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Fairy Hill
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 26 percentage points separates Fairy Hill from the national average in Year 12 completion. Only 32.6% of residents finished high school, which is far below the figures for New South Wales and Australia. This trend of lower formal education is seen across the board, with very few adults holding university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Few people here finished high school, with only 32.6% completing Year 12. This is far below the New South Wales average of 58.9%, and the most common highest year of school reached was Year 10 at 38.2%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Fairy Hill, the largest group is Year 10 at 41%, followed by Year 12 (35%) and Year 9 or below (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon in Fairy Hill, where only 8.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%, while the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 45.1%.
8.8% ▼ -9.2%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 8.8%
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 Fairy Hill, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering (20.1%) and Management and Commerce (17.1%), followed by Health at 14.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km, though its average size of 18 students is among the lowest for similar areas. The area's average school advantage score of 931 is much lower than most other areas.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
18
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
931
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Fairy Hill
1 school — 18 students, average ICSEA 931.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Stratheden Public School, Stratheden | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 18 | 931 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Fairy Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11486/fairy-hill/topic/education