40.5% ▲ +39.3%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 50.5%
- 2021: 40.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Junction Hill · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Junction Hill
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement for residents in Junction Hill. While many people hold trade-level certificates, the area has seen a steady rise in both high school and university completion over the last decade.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 40.5% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the state and national figures. However, this is an improvement from 2011, when only 29.1% had completed their final year of school.
Highest year of school
View on map →Junction Hill splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (42%) and Year 10 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is more common here than in most similar areas, with 14.8% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is still far below the national average of 26.3%, though the figure rose 4.8 points since 2011.
14.8% ▲ +47.4%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 14.8%
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 Junction Hill, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in management and commerce are the most frequent at 20.9%. Other common fields of study include health, engineering, and education, each accounting for around 12% of the totals.
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 Junction Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115088/junction-hill/topic/education