74.3% ▲ +7.2%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.3%
- 2016: 69.5%
- 2021: 74.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount Pleasant · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mount Pleasant
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A staggering 43% of adults in Mount Pleasant hold a bachelor degree or higher, far exceeding the national figure. This level of achievement is among the highest for similar areas, creating a highly qualified community. Most residents here have a strong educational foundation, with far more people finishing high school than in the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
High school completion is far above the state and national figures, with 74.3% of residents finishing Year 12. This is among the highest rates seen at this level.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mount Pleasant, Year 12 is the majority at 77%; Year 10 is next at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area is highly qualified, with 43% of adults holding a university degree. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 27.8%, and most of these are bachelor or postgraduate degrees.
43.0% ▲ +15.2%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.3%
- 2016: 38.8%
- 2021: 43.0%
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 Pleasant, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 38%, followed by Postgraduate degree (21%) and Certificate III / IV (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Mount Pleasant are most common in management and commerce at 21.1%, followed by engineering and society and culture, both around 14%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools have an advantage score of 1,070, which is much higher than most areas. There are 20 schools within 3 km, a number larger than about 89% of similar areas.
3.11
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
20
Higher than 87% 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).
362
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,070
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mount Pleasant
20 schools — 7,236 students, average ICSEA 1,070.
By sector: Government 14 · Catholic 3 · Independent 3
By type: Primary 13 · Secondary 5 · Combined 2
| Pleasant Heights Public School, Mount Pleasant | Government | Primary | 0.6 km | 241 | 1,126 |
| Balgownie Public School, Balgownie | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 329 | 1,076 |
| Mount Ousley Public School, Fairy Meadow | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 193 | 1,079 |
| Mount Keira Public School, Mount Keira | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 91 | 1,072 |
| Good Samaritan Catholic Primary School, Fairy Meadow | Catholic | Primary | 2.1 km | 335 | 1,081 |
| Elonera Montessori School, Mount Ousley | Independent | Combined | 2.1 km | 187 | 1,108 |
| Keiraville Public School, Keiraville | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 297 | 1,103 |
| Keira High School, Fairy Meadow | Government | Secondary | 2.3 km | 723 | 984 |
| Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts, Fairy Meadow | Government | Secondary | 2.3 km | 1,169 | 1,075 |
| Fairy Meadow Public School, Fairy Meadow | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 342 | 1,002 |
| Para Meadows School, North Wollongong | Government | Combined | 2.6 km | 113 | 945 |
| Gwynneville Public School, Gwynneville | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 271 | 1,065 |
| Tarrawanna Public School, Tarrawanna | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 164 | 982 |
| St Brigid's Catholic Primary School, Gwynneville | Catholic | Primary | 2.7 km | 175 | 1,083 |
| Edmund Rice College, West Wollongong | Independent | Secondary | 2.7 km | 1,054 | 1,083 |
| Wollongong Flexible School, Towradgi | Independent | Secondary | 2.9 km | 71 | 895 |
| Wollongong West Public School, Wollongong | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 243 | 991 |
| Towradgi Public School, Fairy Meadow | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 134 | 1,031 |
| St Therese Catholic Primary School, Mangerton | Catholic | Primary | 3.4 km | 368 | 1,090 |
| Smiths Hill High School, Wollongong | Government | Secondary | 3.7 km | 736 | 1,186 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mount Pleasant [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12795/mount-pleasant/topic/education