73.3% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 66.7%
- 2021: 73.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Forest Grove · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Forest Grove
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More residents in Forest Grove have completed their schooling and holds higher qualifications than in most similar areas. High school completion is particularly strong, with 73.3% of people finishing Year 12, which is far above the national figure of 58.8%.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is among the highest at this level, sitting far above both New South Wales and Australia by 14 percentage points.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Forest Grove, Year 12 is the majority at 76%; Year 10 is next at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 28.9% of the population, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the national figure.
28.9% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 28.9%
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 Forest Grove, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 35%, followed by Bachelor degree (29%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 25%, followed by society and culture at 22.2% and education at 18.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3 km, which is smaller than most areas and has an advantage score around the middle for its level.
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).
191
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
978
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Forest Grove
1 school — 191 students, average ICSEA 978.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Raglan Public School, Raglan | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 191 | 978 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Forest Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11546/forest-grove/topic/education