38.5% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Abington · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Abington
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 38.5% of people in Abington have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This reflects a local education profile that is much lower than most similar areas across the state and country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the New South Wales average of 58.9%, and 23.1% of residents reached Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Abington, Year 12 is the majority at 63%; Year 10 is next at 38%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 15.4% of the population, which is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
15.4% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
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 Abington, Bachelor degree is the majority at 57%; Certificate III / IV is next at 43%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Engineering & related at 16%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar places.
0
Lower than 99% 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Abington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10012/abington/topic/education