39.1% ▲ +17.4%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 33.4%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Awaba · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Awaba
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Awaba compared to the rest of the state. Only 39.1% of residents completed Year 12, which is 20 percentage points below the national figure. This gap is reflected in the local qualifications, where the typical adult holds a trade certificate rather than a university degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the New South Wales and national averages. Around 34.5% of the population left school after Year 10, while 14.3% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Awaba splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (40%) and Year 10 (35%), with Year 9 or below at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13.1% of the population, which is far below the 26.3% national figure. Instead, more than half of qualified adults hold a Certificate III or IV.
13.1% ▲ +54.7%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 13.1%
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 Awaba, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 60%; Bachelor degree is next at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are Engineering and related subjects at 29.1%, followed by Management and Commerce at 16.9% and Education at 12.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Awaba has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas, with 12 schools within 3 km. Most of these are government primary schools.
12.05
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
12
Higher than 82% 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).
279
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
990
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Awaba
12 schools — 3,352 students, average ICSEA 990.
By sector: Government 9 · Independent 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 10 · Secondary 1 · Combined 1
| Awaba Public School, Awaba | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 29 | 940 |
| Toronto Adventist School, Toronto | Independent | Primary | 2.3 km | 43 | 1,173 |
| Biraban Public School, Toronto | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 163 | 871 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, Kilaben Bay | Catholic | Primary | 3.8 km | 194 | 1,023 |
| Toronto High School, Toronto | Government | Secondary | 4.2 km | 952 | 961 |
| Blackalls Park Public School, Blackalls Park | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 217 | 966 |
| Rathmines Public School, Rathmines | Government | Primary | 5.0 km | 311 | 996 |
| Toronto Public School, Toronto | Government | Primary | 5.3 km | 201 | 910 |
| Charlton Christian College, Fassifern | Independent | Combined | 5.4 km | 831 | 1,063 |
| Arcadia Vale Public School, Arcadia Vale | Government | Primary | 5.6 km | 171 | 971 |
| Fassifern Public School, Fassifern | Government | Primary | 5.9 km | 59 | 947 |
| Wangi Wangi Public School, Wangi Wangi | Government | Primary | 7.1 km | 181 | 987 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Awaba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10119/awaba/topic/education