77.1% ▲ +7.7%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.6%
- 2016: 73.4%
- 2021: 77.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Holder · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Holder
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
High levels of learning set Holder apart from most similar areas. Nearly half of all adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, and 77.1% of residents have finished Year 12, which is far above the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rates in Holder are among the highest for its area type, matching the territory average and sitting 18 points above the Australian figure.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Holder, Year 12 is the majority at 80%; Year 10 is next at 12%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Education levels are very high here, with 45.3% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is a little above the territory average and far above the national rate of 26.3%.
45.3% ▲ +19.5%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.9%
- 2016: 40.3%
- 2021: 45.3%
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 Holder, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 39%, followed by Postgraduate degree (19%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are society and culture at 21.5%, followed by management and commerce at 17.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Holder has 14 schools within 3km, which is more than 85% of similar areas. These schools have an average size of 418 students and an advantage score among the highest at this level.
3.81
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
14
Higher than 84% 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).
418
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,109
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Holder
14 schools — 5,853 students, average ICSEA 1,109.
By sector: Government 8 · Catholic 3 · Independent 3
By type: Primary 10 · Combined 3 · Secondary 1
| St Jude's Primary School, Holder | Catholic | Primary | 0.4 km | 425 | 1,131 |
| Canberra Montessori School, Holder | Independent | Primary | 0.5 km | 96 | 1,128 |
| Duffy Primary School, Duffy | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 374 | 1,088 |
| Islamic School of Canberra, Weston | Independent | Combined | 1.3 km | 455 | 1,073 |
| Orana Steiner School, Weston | Independent | Combined | 1.5 km | 413 | 1,136 |
| Charles Weston School, Coombs | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 511 | 1,099 |
| St John Vianney's Primary School, Waramanga | Catholic | Primary | 2.2 km | 159 | 1,094 |
| Mount Stromlo High School, Waramanga | Government | Secondary | 2.5 km | 846 | 1,085 |
| Chapman Primary School, Chapman | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 502 | 1,106 |
| Arawang Primary School, Waramanga | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 469 | 1,113 |
| Lyons Early Childhood School, Lyons | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 91 | 1,116 |
| Curtin Primary School, Curtin | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 408 | 1,146 |
| Holy Trinity Primary School, Curtin | Catholic | Primary | 3.4 km | 387 | 1,145 |
| Evelyn Scott School, Denman Prospect | Government | Combined | 3.5 km | 717 | 1,107 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Holder [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80074/holder/topic/education