67.1% ▲ +23.2%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.5%
- 2016: 48.1%
- 2021: 67.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Foxground · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Foxground
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far more adults in Foxground hold university degrees than the national average. This is a highly educated area where nearly half of the adults have a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that sits far above both the state and national levels.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is high here, with 67.1% of people finishing Year 12. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.9%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Foxground, Year 12 is the majority at 72%; Year 10 is next at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area is among the highest for university education, as 45.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is 20 points higher than the national average.
45.8% ▲ +56.9%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 45.8%
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 Foxground, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 41%, followed by Certificate III / IV (22%) and Postgraduate degree (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with education being the most common at 20.7%, followed by engineering and management at 10.7% each.
Schools
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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Foxground [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11561/foxground/topic/education