65.8% ▲ +49.3%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 44.1%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 65.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ewingsdale · Urban Centre
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Well above the state and national figures, Ewingsdale (L) has a highly educated adult population. High school completion rates have jumped 22 percentage points since 2011, and nearly a third of adults now hold a university degree.
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is among the highest for similar areas, with 65.8% of residents finishing school. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.9%.
65.8% ▲ +49.3%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Ewingsdale, Year 12 is the majority at 75%; Year 10 is next at 15%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are common here, with 32.5% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the Australian average of 26.3% and represents a 15 point increase since 2011.
32.5% ▲ +86.4%
Higher than 98% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Ewingsdale, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 42%, followed by Certificate III / IV (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for residents are society and culture at 15.3%, followed by management and commerce at 13.3% and health at 10.2%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ewingsdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121039/ewingsdale/topic/education