46.8% ▲ +16.1%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.3%
- 2016: 44.5%
- 2021: 46.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Captains Flat · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Captains Flat
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of adults in Captains Flat have finished Year 12, reflecting a local trend toward practical training over formal schooling. This shift is seen in the qualification data, where trade certificates are far more common than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 46.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. About 26.5% of people listed Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Captains Flat, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 10 is next at 29%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here, with only 14.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. Instead, Certificate III or IV is the most typical qualification at 40.2%.
14.7% ▼ -7.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 14.7%
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 Captains Flat, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Bachelor degree (19%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with higher qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related services at 17.5%, followed by society and culture at 14.7% and management and commerce at 12.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schooling is provided by a single government primary school, which is much smaller than most other areas with a typical size of 26 students. This school has a much lower advantage score than most areas.
8.26
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
26
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
903
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Captains Flat
1 school — 26 students, average ICSEA 903.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Captains Flat Public School, Captains Flat | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 26 | 903 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Captains Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10803/captains-flat/topic/education