44.8% ▲ +37.7%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 39.9%
- 2021: 44.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Appin · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Appin
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational attainment in Appin has remained steady over the last decade, though the area's figures sit well below state levels. Only 13.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rates in Appin sit at 44.8%, which is far below the 58.9% seen across New South Wales. About 34.9% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Appin, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (37%) and Year 9 or below (10%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Certificates III or IV are the most common qualification here at 46.6%. This contributes to a lower proportion of university degrees compared to the rest of the country.
13.4% ▲ +42.2%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 13.4%
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 Appin, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications in Appin most commonly studied engineering and related fields (20%) or management and commerce (16.9%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 1.13 schools per 1,000 children, which is much lower than most areas. Both local schools are government primary schools.
1.13
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
241
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,002
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Appin
2 schools — 482 students, average ICSEA 1,002.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Appin Public School, Appin | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 337 | 989 |
| Douglas Park Public School, Douglas Park | Government | Primary | 9.5 km | 145 | 1,031 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Appin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10064/appin/topic/education