65.8% ▲ +8.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.7%
- 2016: 60.5%
- 2021: 65.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Red Hill South · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Red Hill South
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly 37% of adults in Red Hill South hold a bachelor degree or higher, placing it among the highest in the country for tertiary education. This high level of qualification is matched by strong secondary schooling results across the community. Together, these figures show a highly educated local population compared to both the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is well above the national figure, with 65.8% of residents finishing their final year. This is 7.0 percentage points higher than the Australian average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Red Hill South, Year 12 is the majority at 74%; Year 11 is next at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The typical resident is highly qualified, with 37.0% holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far above the 26.3% seen across Australia.
37.0% ▲ +17.6%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 37.0%
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 Red Hill South, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 42%, followed by Certificate III / IV (18%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Common fields of qualification include management and commerce at 18.5%, followed by society and culture at 14.3% and health at 12.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by one government primary school, which is larger than those in about 59% of similar areas and has a school advantage score much higher than most areas.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
489
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,085
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Red Hill South
1 school — 489 students, average ICSEA 1,085.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Red Hill Consolidated School, Red Hill | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 489 | 1,085 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Red Hill South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22149/red-hill-south/topic/education