33.5% ▲ +43.4%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 33.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Aberdare · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Aberdare
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Over a third of residents in Aberdare left school after Year 10, reflecting an area where few people hold higher degrees. Only 5.8% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. This makes the community's educational profile much lower than most similar areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion rates are far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%, with only 33.5% of people finishing Year 12. The most common highest year of schooling is Year 10, reached by 36.8% of residents.
Highest year of school
View on map →Aberdare splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (39%) and Year 12 (35%), with Year 9 or below at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The usual qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 55.9% of adults. This helps explain why the proportion of people with a university degree is so much lower than in most other areas.
5.8% ▲ +39.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 5.8%
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 Aberdare, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 66%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields of study are Engineering and related topics at 21.9%, followed by Management and commerce at 16.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Aberdare has seven schools within 3km, more than about 79% of similar areas. Most of these are government primary schools, though the average school size is higher than in most other areas.
3.83
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
7
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools serving the area — within 3 km of small areas, or inside larger ones. A measure of access (catchments overlap, so don't add it across areas).
414
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
901
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Aberdare
7 schools — 2,897 students, average ICSEA 901.
By sector: Government 6 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 5 · Secondary 2
| Cessnock High School, Cessnock | Government | Secondary | 1.1 km | 616 | 892 |
| Cessnock Public School, Cessnock | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 276 | 876 |
| Cessnock East Public School, Cessnock | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 215 | 835 |
| Kearsley Public School, Kearsley | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 114 | 897 |
| St Patrick's Primary School, Cessnock | Catholic | Primary | 2.7 km | 347 | 975 |
| Cessnock West Public School, Cessnock | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 399 | 884 |
| Mount View High School, Cessnock West | Government | Secondary | 4.5 km | 930 | 911 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Aberdare [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10006/aberdare/topic/education