38.9% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 38.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount Hill · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Mount Hill compared to most other areas. Only 38.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school completed.
Schooling levels are low here, with 38.9% of people finishing Year 12. This is 20 points lower than the Australian average, and an equal number of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
38.9% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount Hill splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (39%) and Year 10 (39%), with Year 11 at 11%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is rare in the area. No adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Mount Hill, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 79%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 21%.
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Engineering & related at 41%, ahead of Management & commerce (24%).
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller in this regard 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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mount Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51017/mount-hill/topic/education