62.6% ▲ +66.7%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.6%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 62.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Prospect Hill · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Prospect Hill
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far more people in Prospect Hill finished high school than the state average, with 62.6% completing Year 12. This high level of basic schooling helps drive a well-qualified local population, though the share of residents with university degrees remains lower than the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Finishing Year 12 is common here, with 62.6% of residents doing so, which is well above both the South Australian figure of 54.6% and the national average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Prospect Hill, Year 12 is the majority at 64%; Year 11 is next at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 22.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure about the same as the state average but well below the Australian figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 28% of residents.
22.5% ▲ +100.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Prospect Hill splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (36%) and Bachelor degree (31%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 11%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most popular fields of study for those with qualifications are society and culture at 23.2%, followed by management and commerce at 12.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number of facilities 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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Prospect Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41221/prospect-hill/topic/education