83.5% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 76.2%
- 2016: 83.2%
- 2021: 83.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Harrison · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Harrison
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far more people in Harrison have completed high school than the national average, with a gap of 25 percentage points. This high level of schooling is matched by a very well-qualified adult population, where nearly half hold a university degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 83.5% of residents finished Year 12, which is well above the ACT figure of 77.0% and among the highest levels seen in similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Harrison, Year 12 is the majority at 87%; Year 10 is next at 7%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are common here, with 48.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far above the 26.3% national figure.
48.1% ▲ +23.5%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.9%
- 2016: 44.8%
- 2021: 48.1%
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 Harrison, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 37%, followed by Postgraduate degree (29%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in management and commerce at 26.0%, followed by society and culture at 16.2% and information technology at 11.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are typically quite large, averaging 795 students, and have a school advantage score that is much higher than most areas.
1.06
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
9
Higher than 78% 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).
795
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,096
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Harrison
9 schools — 7,155 students, average ICSEA 1,096.
By sector: Government 7 · Catholic 1 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 5 · Combined 2 · Secondary 2
| Mother Teresa School, Harrison | Catholic | Primary | 0.4 km | 716 | 1,102 |
| Harrison School, Harrison | Government | Combined | 0.4 km | 1,365 | 1,058 |
| Throsby School, Throsby | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 316 | 1,096 |
| Franklin School, Franklin | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 477 | 1,098 |
| Shirley Smith High School, Kenny | Government | Secondary | 1.5 km | 210 | 1,078 |
| Gungahlin College, Gungahlin | Government | Secondary | 2.6 km | 1,070 | 1,061 |
| Burgmann Anglican School, Gungahlin | Independent | Combined | 3.1 km | 1,755 | 1,165 |
| Palmerston District Primary School, Palmerston | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 640 | 1,077 |
| Neville Bonner Primary School, Bonner | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 606 | 1,058 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Harrison [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80071/harrison/topic/education