43.1% ▲ +36.4%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 43.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ashby Heights · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Ashby Heights
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 43.1% of residents in Ashby Heights have completed Year 12, a figure far below the state and national averages. This gap in basic schooling is offset by a surprising number of high-level degrees, with 17.3% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is low here, with 43.1% finishing Year 12, which is far below the 58.9% seen in New South Wales. About 27.8% of people reached Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Ashby Heights, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (32%) and Year 9 or below (10%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
While 17.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, this is well below the national figure of 26.3%. Trade qualifications are more common, with 30.5% of residents holding a Certificate III or IV.
17.3% ▲ +118.5%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 17.3%
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 Ashby Heights, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 40%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (22%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are engineering (14.4%) and management and commerce (12.6%), followed by health at 9.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by one government primary school, which is much smaller than schools in most other similar areas with an average size of 83 students.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
83
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
977
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Ashby Heights
1 school — 83 students, average ICSEA 977.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Chatsworth Island Public School, Chatsworth | Government | Primary | 5.1 km | 83 | 977 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ashby Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10096/ashby-heights/topic/education