41.4% ▼ -9.8%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.9%
- 2016: 43.4%
- 2021: 41.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Highlands · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Highlands
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher education is more common than in most similar areas in Highlands, though few of its residents finished high school. While over a quarter of adults hold a university degree, only 41.4% of the population completed Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Far fewer people here finished high school than in the rest of the country, with only 41.4% completing Year 12. This is 17 percentage points below the Australian figure.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Highlands, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 10 (22%) and Year 11 (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Despite the low high school completion rate, 26.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This is about the same as the national figure.
26.3% ▲ +98.7%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 26.3%
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 Highlands, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 38%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications for residents are in society and culture at 16.5%, followed by education at 14.3% and engineering at 12.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller for local education options than 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 Highlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21186/highlands/topic/education