47.6% ▲ +24.5%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.3%
- 2016: 43.1%
- 2021: 47.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cattai · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cattai
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of adults in Cattai have finished Year 12, leaving a significant gap compared to the state and national figures. This trend is reflected in qualification levels, with the area having a much lower proportion of university degrees than the New South Wales average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 47.6% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the 58.9% seen across New South Wales. About 33.5% of the population left school after Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Cattai, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (8%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here, with only 16.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well below the Australian figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most typical, held by 40.5% of people.
16.7% ▲ +10.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 16.7%
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 Cattai, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are management and commerce at 18.9%, followed closely by engineering and related fields at 18.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are four schools within 3km, which is more than most similar areas. These schools are all government-run and typically quite small, with an average of 83 students.
4.46
Higher 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).
83
Lower than 78% 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 Cattai
4 schools — 248 students, average ICSEA 1,004.
By sector: Government 4
By type: Primary 3 · Combined 1
| Cattai Public School, Cattai | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 57 | 990 |
| Ebenezer Public School, Ebenezer | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 85 | 995 |
| Longneck Lagoon Environmental Education Centre, Maraylya | Government | Combined | 4.6 km | — | — |
| Maraylya Public School, Maraylya | Government | Primary | 5.6 km | 106 | 1,018 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cattai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10858/cattai/topic/education