42.4% ▲ +40.5%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 42.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Beechwood · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Beechwood
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Beechwood have finished high school or earned a degree compared to the rest of the state. While 42.4% of people have completed Year 12, this is still far below the New South Wales and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rates rose 12 points since 2011 to reach 42.4%. This is higher than most similar areas, though it remains far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Beechwood, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 13.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. This proportion has risen 4.1 points since 2011, and the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV at 42.3%.
13.8% ▲ +41.9%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 13.8%
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 Beechwood, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 15.8%, followed by engineering and related fields at 14.9%.
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 Beechwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121004/beechwood/topic/education