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Education & Qualifications in Fernside

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

A bachelor's degree or higher is held by 20% of adults in Fernside, which is higher than most similar areas. However, the community overall is far less likely to have finished high school than people across the state or nation.

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📍 Fernside, Suburb / Locality

Where Fernside sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

20.0% —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Fernside — higher than 67% of areas.

Fernside20.0%
2480, NSW 21.2%
New South Wales 27.8%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Only 43.5% of residents have completed Year 12, a figure that is far below the New South Wales rate of 58.9%.

Completed Year 12

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43.5% —

Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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In Fernside, Year 12 is the majority at 57%; Year 10 is next at 43%.

Year 12 43.5% Year 10 32.6%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

While 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, this is well below the national figure of 26.3%. Diploma-level qualifications are the most common, held by 28.6% of the population.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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20.0% —

Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Highest qualification level

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Fernside splits fairly evenly between Advanced diploma / diploma (33%) and Certificate III / IV (29%), with Postgraduate degree at 25%.

Advanced diploma / diploma 28.6% Certificate III / IV 25.0% Postgraduate degree 21.4% Bachelor degree 10.7%

Field of study

What people studied.

The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are society and culture at 17.9%, followed by engineering and architecture and building, each at 14.3%.

Field of qualification

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In Fernside, the largest group is Society & culture at 38%, followed by Engineering & related (31%) and Architecture & building (31%).

Society & culture 17.9% Engineering & related 14.3% Architecture & building 14.3%

Schools

Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).

There are no schools located within 3 km of the area, which is smaller than about 59% of similar areas.

Schools within 3 km

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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).

Schools in and around Fernside — hover a marker for details. Open the full map →

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
  • Australian Schools List — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2025 (CC BY 4.0).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Fernside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11513/fernside/topic/education