65.0% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 62.5%
- 2021: 65.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Fishers Hill · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Well above most similar areas for education, Fishers Hill is a highly qualified community. About 65% of residents have finished Year 12, and nearly a third hold a university degree.
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 65%, which is well above the figures for both New South Wales (58.9%) and Australia (58.8%).
65.0% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Fishers Hill, Year 12 is the majority at 72%; Year 10 is next at 11%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 32.5%, a figure well above the national average of 26.3%.
32.5% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Fishers Hill, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 50%, followed by Certificate III / IV (20%) and Postgraduate degree (15%).
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Society & culture at 44%, ahead of Education (22%).
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is 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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Fishers Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11528/fishers-hill/topic/education