43.2% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.1%
- 2021: 43.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Fernbrook · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Fernbrook
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Fernbrook finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with only 43.2% completing Year 12. This gap is seen across the board, as the area also has a much lower share of university degrees than the state or national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 43.2% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. This is around the middle for similar areas, though 28.8% of the population stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Fernbrook, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (32%) and Year 9 or below (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here, with only 16.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 26.3% national average, though nearly 30% of qualified adults hold a Certificate III or IV.
16.1% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 16.1%
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 Fernbrook, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 42%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (25%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Fernbrook are spread across several fields, led by Health at 16.9% and Architecture and Building at 14.3%. Engineering and Management and Commerce both account for 10.4% of the totals.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number of facilities than about 59% of similar places.
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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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Fernbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11509/fernbrook/topic/education