37.7% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 37.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Berry Park · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Berry Park
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Berry Park finished high school compared to the rest of the state, with only 37.7% completing Year 12. Despite this, the area has a higher proportion of adults with university degrees than most similar places. This creates a distinct gap between those with basic schooling and those with higher qualifications.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 37.7% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. The most common highest year of school completed here is Year 10, at 39.5%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Berry Park splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (39%) and Year 12 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 21.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is more than in most similar areas, though still well below the national figure. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 44.1% of residents.
21.7% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 21.7%
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 Berry Park, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (30%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (9%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common qualifications here at 34.4%. Other frequent areas of study include education at 18.3% and management and commerce at 16.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are eight schools within 3km, which is more than 80% of similar areas. Most of these are government primary schools, with an average school size of 387 students.
8
Higher than 77% 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).
387
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,004
Higher 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 Berry Park
8 schools — 3,092 students, average ICSEA 1,004.
By sector: Government 6 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 7 · Secondary 1
| St Bede's Catholic College, Chisholm | Catholic | Secondary | 2.6 km | 910 | 1,030 |
| St Aloysius Catholic Primary School, Chisholm | Catholic | Primary | 2.7 km | 614 | 1,064 |
| Hinton Public School, Hinton | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 99 | 1,009 |
| Morpeth Public School, Morpeth | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 262 | 1,023 |
| Mount Kanwary Public School, Osterley | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 38 | 888 |
| Millers Forest Public School, Millers Forest | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 60 | 920 |
| Thornton Public School, Thornton | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 826 | 974 |
| Tenambit Public School, Tenambit | Government | Primary | 5.1 km | 283 | 893 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Berry Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10324/berry-park/topic/education