40.0% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45.9%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cornwallis · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cornwallis
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Cornwallis have remained low over the last decade, with very few residents holding university degrees. The typical resident is far less likely to have finished high school than people across the state or country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 40% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. This is lower than most other similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Cornwallis, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (36%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in Cornwallis hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the 26.3% national average.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Cornwallis, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Society & culture at 55%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are nine schools within 3km, which is more than 81% of similar areas. Most are government primary schools, though they have a lower average advantage score than most other areas.
9
Higher than 78% 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).
331
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
965
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Cornwallis
9 schools — 2,976 students, average ICSEA 965.
By sector: Government 6 · Catholic 3
By type: Primary 7 · Secondary 2
| St Matthew's Primary School, Windsor | Catholic | Primary | 3.0 km | 303 | 1,021 |
| Hawkesbury High School, Freemans Reach | Government | Secondary | 3.1 km | 418 | 946 |
| Windsor Public School, Windsor | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 125 | 944 |
| Freemans Reach Public School, Freemans Reach | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 194 | 957 |
| Windsor South Public School, South Windsor | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 333 | 858 |
| St Monica's Primary School, Richmond | Catholic | Primary | 3.8 km | 252 | 1,032 |
| Richmond Public School, Richmond | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 298 | 1,047 |
| Windsor High School, Mcgraths Hill | Government | Secondary | 4.9 km | 642 | 923 |
| Chisholm Catholic Primary School, Bligh Park | Catholic | Primary | 5.1 km | 411 | 1,005 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cornwallis [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11078/cornwallis/topic/education