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Education & Qualifications in Blue Mountains

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

Higher levels of schooling and university degrees are much more common in the Blue Mountains than in most similar areas. The region has seen a huge jump in qualifications, with the share of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher climbing from 5.1% in 2011 to 32.8% in 2021.

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Where Blue Mountains sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

32.8% ▲ +538.6%

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Blue Mountains — higher than 99% of areas.

Blue Mountains32.8%
2783, NSW 31.3%
New South Wales 27.8%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Year 12 completion is well above the national figure at 62.0%, a result that has risen by 39 percentage points since 2011.

Completed Year 12

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62.0% ▲ +172.0%

Higher than 95% of urban centre areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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In Blue Mountains, Year 12 is the majority at 65%; Year 10 is next at 22%.

Year 12 62.0% Year 10 21.2% Year 9 or below 6.4% Year 11 5.4%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

About 32.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is well above the 26.3% seen across Australia. The most common qualifications are bachelor degrees at 27.8% and Certificate III or IV at 22.8%.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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32.8% ▲ +538.6%

Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Highest qualification level

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In Blue Mountains, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 32%, followed by Certificate III / IV (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).

Bachelor degree 27.8% Certificate III / IV 22.8% Advanced diploma / diploma 16.1% Postgraduate degree 13.4% Graduate diploma / certificate 5.2% Certificate I / II 1.7%

Field of study

What people studied.

The most popular fields of study are society and culture at 17.3%, followed by management and commerce at 13.7% and education at 11.8%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Blue Mountains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL112003/blue-mountains/topic/education