29.1% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount Mitchell · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mount Mitchell
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly 38% of Mount Mitchell residents finished school at Year 10, the most common level of education in the area. This is a community where few people hold university degrees, with only 8.1% of adults having a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 29.1% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and Australian figures of around 59%. The most common highest year of schooling is Year 10, reached by 37.2% of residents.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mount Mitchell, the largest group is Year 10 at 43%, followed by Year 12 (33%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 8.1%, which is much lower than most areas and far below the state average. Instead, a third of residents hold a Certificate III or IV.
8.1% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 8.1%
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 Mount Mitchell, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 27%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across various fields, with health (16.9%) and engineering (13.6%) being the most common, followed by architecture and building at 10.2%.
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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mount Mitchell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12789/mount-mitchell/topic/education