33.7% ▲ +45.7%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Beresfield · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Beresfield
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher education levels have remained low in Beresfield, where only 9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8% and suggests a workforce more focused on trade and practical training.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 33.7% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% national figure. The most common highest year of schooling reached is Year 10, at 36.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Beresfield splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (39%) and Year 12 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Trade certificates are common here, with 48.4% of people holding a Certificate III or IV. This helps explain why the share of adults with a university degree is much lower than in most other areas.
9.0% ▲ +77.3%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 9.0%
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 Beresfield, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 59%; Bachelor degree is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common qualifications at 20.5%, followed by management and commerce at 17.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 9 schools within 3 km, which is more than 81% of similar areas. However, these schools have an advantage score of 943, which is much lower than most other areas.
1.82
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
9
Higher than 78% 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).
312
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
943
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Beresfield
9 schools — 2,809 students, average ICSEA 943.
By sector: Government 7 · Catholic 1 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 6 · Combined 2 · Secondary 1
| Beresfield Public School, Beresfield | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 262 | 918 |
| Francis Greenway High School, Beresfield | Government | Secondary | 1.7 km | 742 | 912 |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School, Tarro | Catholic | Primary | 1.8 km | 260 | 1,013 |
| Tarro Public School, Tarro | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 115 | 892 |
| Aspect Hunter School, Thornton | Independent | Combined | 2.3 km | 290 | 1,008 |
| Thornton Public School, Thornton | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 826 | 974 |
| Woodberry Public School, Woodberry | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 221 | 817 |
| Woodberry Learning Centre, Woodberry | Government | Combined | 2.9 km | 26 | 844 |
| Black Hill Public School, Black Hill | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 67 | 982 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Beresfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10301/beresfield/topic/education