50.7% ▲ +61.7%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 50.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
North Shore · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in North Shore
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people have finished school and university in North Shore than in most similar areas. While these figures are still well below the state and national averages, the area has seen a big jump in achievement, with the share of people finishing Year 12 rising by 19 points since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About half of residents (50.7%) finished Year 12, which is much higher than most similar areas, though this remains well below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. Other common outcomes include Year 10, reached by 28.4% of the population.
Highest year of school
View on map →In North Shore, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 30%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher rose to 20.9% in 2021, a figure much higher than similar areas but well below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 41.8% of adults.
20.9% ▲ +53.6%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 20.9%
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 North Shore, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with education (14.7%) and engineering (14.2%) being the most common. Health and management and commerce both account for 11.6% of qualifications.
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 North Shore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122101/north-shore/topic/education