28.7% ▲ +39.6%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Craven · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Craven
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 30 percentage points separates Craven from the rest of the state in high school completion. Only 28.7% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and national figures. This trend of lower formal schooling is mirrored in the local qualification rates.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 28.7% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national average of 58.8%. The most common highest year of school finished in the area was Year 10, at 43.6%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Craven, the largest group is Year 10 at 49%, followed by Year 12 (33%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 10.3% of the population, far below the 27.8% seen across New South Wales. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 40.7%.
10.3% ▲ +12.4%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 10.3%
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 Craven, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 24%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are diverse, with Engineering and related fields being the most common at 20.3%. Other common fields include Society and Culture at 16.9%, and Architecture and Building at 10.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km, which is smaller than most similar areas with an average size of 15 students. This school has an advantage score of 904, which is much lower than most areas.
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).
15
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
904
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 Craven
1 school — 15 students, average ICSEA 904.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Stratford Public School, Stratford | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 15 | 904 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Craven [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11107/craven/topic/education