45.9% ▲ +63.5%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 45.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
The Oaks · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in The Oaks
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A jump in school and university completions has changed the educational profile of The Oaks since 2011. While university degrees are still far less common than the national figure, the proportion of people finishing Year 12 rose by 18 points over the last decade.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 45.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but still far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. Other common outcomes include 34.4% finishing Year 10 and 9.7% leaving at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In The Oaks, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (36%) and Year 9 or below (10%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 14.6% of the population, a figure that rose from 8.0% in 2011. This is far below the Australian average of 26.3%, with the most common qualification being a Certificate III or IV at 45.3%.
14.6% ▲ +83.6%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 14.6%
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 The Oaks, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are engineering and related subjects at 18.0%, followed by management and commerce at 15.9% and society and culture at 12.8%.
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 The Oaks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115136/the-oaks/topic/education