43.2% ▲ +19.5%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 37.6%
- 2021: 43.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Crosslands · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Crosslands
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Crosslands have completed high school or university compared to most other areas. Only 43.2% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This pattern continues into higher education, where university degrees are much less common than in other parts of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rates sit at 43.2%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. About 33.7% of the population finished Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Crosslands, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (36%) and Year 9 or below (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 11.0% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 38.7% of residents.
11.0% ▼ -1.4%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 11.0%
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 Crosslands, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (24%) and Bachelor degree (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are management and commerce at 21.8%, followed by society and culture at 17.0% and engineering at 16.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are four schools within 3km of the area, but their average advantage score is much lower than most areas. Government primary schools make up the bulk of the local sector.
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).
386
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
925
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Crosslands
4 schools — 1,543 students, average ICSEA 925.
By sector: Government 3 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3 · Secondary 1
| Wauchope High School, Wauchope | Government | Secondary | 1.9 km | 458 | 894 |
| Wauchope Public School, Wauchope | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 624 | 900 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, Wauchope | Catholic | Primary | 2.7 km | 277 | 1,011 |
| Beechwood Public School, Wauchope | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 184 | 959 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Crosslands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11128/crosslands/topic/education