50.5% ▲ +20.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.9%
- 2016: 43.5%
- 2021: 50.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Forest Reefs · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Forest Reefs
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of over 8 percentage points separates Forest Reefs from the state average in high school completion. While many residents hold university degrees, the area remains well below New South Wales and national figures for both school and tertiary qualifications.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just over half of residents have finished Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the 58.9% seen across New South Wales.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Forest Reefs, Year 12 is the majority at 56%; Year 10 is next at 30%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 24.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas despite being a little below the Australian average.
24.6% ▲ +20.1%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Forest Reefs splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (37%) and Certificate III / IV (33%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in engineering and related fields at 17.9%, followed by health at 13.9% and management and commerce at 12.9%.
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 a common situation for 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 Forest Reefs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11550/forest-reefs/topic/education