44.8% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.8%
- 2021: 44.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Clergate · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Clergate
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 14 percentage points separates the proportion of people who finished Year 12 in Clergate from the national figure. This suggests a community where fewer residents have completed senior secondary schooling or higher degrees compared to the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer residents finished Year 12 here than in most of Australia, with only 44.8% completing their final year. Roughly a third of the population listed Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Clergate, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (36%) and Year 9 or below (10%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 12.3% of the population, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 40.9% of residents.
12.3% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 12.3%
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 Clergate, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (21%) and Bachelor degree (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with architecture and building being the most common at 20.4%, followed by management and commerce at 17.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by two government primary schools within 3km, which is more than about 66% of similar areas. These schools are much smaller than most, with an average size of 71 students.
23.81
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
71
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
984
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Clergate
2 schools — 141 students, average ICSEA 984.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Clergate Public School, Clergate | Government | Primary | 0.6 km | 74 | 961 |
| Mullion Creek Public School, Mullion Creek | Government | Primary | 5.4 km | 67 | 1,009 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Clergate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10928/clergate/topic/education