34.7% ▲ +38.0%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Blacksmiths · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Blacksmiths
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people have finished high school in Blacksmiths than in most other areas, with only 34.7% completing Year 12. This means many adults in the community rely on trade skills rather than university degrees for their livelihoods. The area has a high proportion of residents who left school after Year 10.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 34.7% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national and state figures of around 59%. The most common highest year of school finished here is Year 10, at 37%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Blacksmiths splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (40%) and Year 12 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Trade qualifications are common, with 39.7% of adults holding a Certificate III or IV. However, only 12.1% have a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%.
12.1% ▲ +88.1%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 12.1%
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 Blacksmiths, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 50%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common qualifications at 19.6%, followed by management and commerce at 17.3%. Other frequent areas of study include architecture and building at 10.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 8 schools within 3km, which is more than 80% of similar areas. Most of these are government primary schools, with an average size of 236 students.
3.94
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
236
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
986
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Blacksmiths
8 schools — 1,885 students, average ICSEA 986.
By sector: Government 6 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 7 · Secondary 1
| Blacksmiths Public School, Blacksmiths | Government | Primary | 0.2 km | 103 | 1,004 |
| Pelican Flat Public School, Pelican | Government | Primary | 0.3 km | 94 | 981 |
| Marks Point Public School, Marks Point | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 141 | 935 |
| Swansea Public School, Swansea | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 199 | 923 |
| St Patrick's Primary School, Swansea | Catholic | Primary | 2.7 km | 165 | 1,041 |
| Caves Beach Public School, Caves Beach | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 349 | 1,019 |
| Swansea High School, Caves Beach | Government | Secondary | 3.6 km | 710 | 972 |
| St Francis Xavier's Primary School, Belmont | Catholic | Primary | 4.1 km | 124 | 1,048 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Blacksmiths [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10395/blacksmiths/topic/education