45.5% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 45.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Orange Hill · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Orange Hill
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Orange Hill have shifted since 2011, with nearly one in five adults now holding a bachelor degree or higher. While university qualifications are more common here than in most similar areas, the percentage of people who finished Year 12 remains far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 45.5% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% national average. About 29.5% of the population listed Year 10 as their highest year of school.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Orange Hill, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (32%) and Year 11 (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A higher proportion of adults hold university degrees compared to most similar areas, though at 19.3% this is still well below the Australian figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 44% of people.
19.3% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 19.3%
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 Orange Hill, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related subjects at 20.2%, followed by Management and commerce at 13.1% and Health at 11.9%.
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 than about 59% of similar places.
0
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 Orange Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32231/orange-hill/topic/education