52.6% ▲ +97.2%
Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 55.4%
- 2021: 52.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Forest Hill · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Forest Hill
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people have finished high school in Forest Hill than in most similar areas. While the typical resident is less likely to hold a university degree than the national average, the number of people finishing Year 12 has jumped significantly to 52.6%. This shift shows a community that is becoming better educated over time.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fifty-two point six percent of residents have completed Year 12, which is well below the same figure for New South Wales. This is a major increase from 2011, when only 26.7% of people had finished their final year of school.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Forest Hill, Year 12 is the majority at 60%; Year 10 is next at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 11.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 39.9% of residents.
11.3% ▲ +20.1%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 11.3%
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 Forest Hill, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Forest Hill are most often in Engineering and related fields at 18%, followed by Management and commerce at 16.4%. Society and culture degrees make up 11.5% of the total.
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 Forest Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115060/forest-hill/topic/education