34.5% ▲ +26.9%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Chatsworth · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Chatsworth
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Chatsworth have completed high school or university compared to most similar areas. Only 34.5% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the national and state figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 10 is the most common highest year of schooling for 38.5% of residents. Only 34.5% completed Year 12, a result far below the 58.9% seen across New South Wales.
Highest year of school
View on map →Chatsworth splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (40%) and Year 12 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common here, with only 9.9% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 34.9%.
9.9% ▲ +28.4%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 9.9%
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 Chatsworth, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with society and culture being the most common at 16.3%. Other common fields include engineering, architecture and building, and education, each at 10.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The two local primary schools are both government-run, though they are much smaller than most areas with an average size of 59 students. These schools also have a lower advantage score than most other areas.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
59
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
967
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Chatsworth
2 schools — 117 students, average ICSEA 967.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Chatsworth Island Public School, Chatsworth | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 83 | 977 |
| Harwood Island Public School, Harwood | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 34 | 943 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Chatsworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10893/chatsworth/topic/education