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Blue Mountain Heights · Urban Centre

Education & Qualifications in Blue Mountain Heights

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

Higher levels of schooling and university degrees define daily life in Blue Mountain Heights. The area is far more qualified than the state and national averages, with over a third of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This shift is recent, as both school and university completions have jumped significantly since 2011.

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Where Blue Mountain Heights sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

36.8% ▲ +389.0%

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Blue Mountain Heights — higher than 99% of areas.

Blue Mountain Heights36.8%
4350, QLD 21.3%
Queensland 21.9%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Year 12 completion has risen 30 points since 2011 to reach 64.8%. This is well above the Queensland figure of 57.1% and among the highest results for similar areas.

Completed Year 12

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64.8% ▲ +84.7%

Higher than 98% of urban centre areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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In Blue Mountain Heights, Year 12 is the majority at 68%; Year 10 is next at 19%.

Year 12 64.8% Year 10 17.9% Year 11 7.2% Year 9 or below 5.4%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

A bachelor degree or higher is held by 36.8% of adults, which is far above the national figure of 26.3%. This represents a sharp increase from 2011, when only 7.5% of residents had these qualifications.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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36.8% ▲ +389.0%

Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Highest qualification level

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In Blue Mountain Heights, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 36%, followed by Certificate III / IV (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).

Bachelor degree 32.7% Certificate III / IV 21.5% Advanced diploma / diploma 17.6% Postgraduate degree 10.6% Graduate diploma / certificate 7.8% Certificate I / II 0.7%

Field of study

What people studied.

Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with management and commerce being the most common at 18.2%, followed by education at 16.4% and health at 14.0%.

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 Blue Mountain Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321017/blue-mountain-heights/topic/education