63.0% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 56.9%
- 2021: 63.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Blackheath · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Blackheath
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 36.6% of adults in Blackheath, which is far above the national figure. This high level of university education is reflected in the community's schooling, where more people have finished Year 12 than in most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is well above the New South Wales average, with 63% of residents finishing Year 12. Only 5.8% of people left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Blackheath, Year 12 is the majority at 67%; Year 10 is next at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is very common here, with 36.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far above the Australian average of 26.3%.
36.6% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 36.6%
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 Blackheath, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 35%, followed by Certificate III / IV (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are society and culture at 17.3%, followed by management and commerce at 13.6% and education at 11.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are smaller than most, but they have an advantage score of 1,035, which is higher than most areas. There are four schools within 3km, split evenly between government and independent providers.
3.11
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
4
Higher than 71% 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).
142
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,035
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Blackheath
4 schools — 566 students, average ICSEA 1,035.
By sector: Government 2 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 2 · Combined 2
| Blackheath Public School, Blackheath | Government | Primary | 0.1 km | 254 | 1,050 |
| Mountains Christian College, Blackheath | Independent | Combined | 1.2 km | 169 | 1,040 |
| Mount Victoria Public School, Mount Victoria | Government | Primary | 6.0 km | 56 | 1,039 |
| OneSchool Global NSW - Mount Victoria, Mount Victoria | Independent | Combined | 6.3 km | 87 | 976 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Blackheath [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10392/blackheath/topic/education