62.8% ▲ +26.6%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.6%
- 2016: 52.2%
- 2021: 62.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount Fairy · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mount Fairy
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly 63% of residents in Mount Fairy have completed Year 12, a figure well above the national average. This is a highly qualified area where a third of adults hold a university degree or higher. These strong education levels stand out compared to most similar regions across the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is high at 62.8%, which is well above both the New South Wales figure and the Australian average. Other residents have mostly finished Year 10, making up 22.5% of the group.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mount Fairy, Year 12 is the majority at 67%; Year 10 is next at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Academic achievement is much higher than in most areas, with 33.8% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the national figure of 26.3%. Many people also hold Certificate III or IV qualifications, at 26%.
33.8% ▲ +21.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Mount Fairy splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (29%) and Bachelor degree (26%), with Postgraduate degree at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with management and commerce being the most common at 15.8%. Engineering and society and culture follow closely, each accounting for 15.1% of degrees.
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 Mount Fairy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12769/mount-fairy/topic/education