33.3% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Amosfield · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 33.3% of residents in Amosfield have completed Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This low level of formal schooling is a defining feature of the area's educational profile. While some adults hold higher degrees, the overall schooling rate remains much lower than in most other areas.
Highest year of school completed.
Completion rates for Year 12 are far below both the state and national figures, sitting 26 points lower than the rest of Australia. About a quarter of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10, while 21.2% finished Year 11.
33.3% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Amosfield, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 11 (27%).
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 15.2% of the population, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. This group represents 15.6% of the total, while another 15.6% hold an advanced diploma or diploma.
15.2% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Amosfield splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (29%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (29%), with Certificate I / II at 24%.
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with Engineering and Education each accounting for 12.5% of degrees. Health qualifications follow at 9.4%.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number of facilities than about 59% of similar areas.
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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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Amosfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10050/amosfield/topic/education