33.1% ▲ +37.2%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 33.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cundletown · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cundletown
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III and IV qualifications are the most common attainment in Cundletown, held by 43.6% of adults. The area has a low level of formal schooling and degrees compared to the rest of the country. This profile shows a workforce largely trained in trade-level certificates rather than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 33.1% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and national figures of around 59%. Most residents peaked at Year 10, which 35.2% of people completed.
Highest year of school
View on map →Cundletown splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (39%) and Year 12 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 9.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
9.4% ▲ +33.1%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 9.4%
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 Cundletown, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related topics (15.1%) and Management and commerce (15.0%) being the most common.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Cundletown has six schools within 3km, more than 77% of similar areas. While the average school size is larger than most, the average school advantage score is much lower than in most areas.
5.19
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
6
Higher than 74% 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).
440
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
943
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Cundletown
6 schools — 2,639 students, average ICSEA 943.
By sector: Government 3 · Catholic 2 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 3 · Secondary 2 · Combined 1
| Cundletown Public School, Cundletown | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 265 | 923 |
| Manning Valley Anglican College, Cundletown | Independent | Combined | 2.6 km | 758 | 1,005 |
| Chatham High School, Taree | Government | Secondary | 4.3 km | 493 | 814 |
| Chatham Public School, Taree | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 222 | 837 |
| St Clare's High School, Taree | Catholic | Secondary | 4.5 km | 630 | 1,012 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, Taree | Catholic | Primary | 5.1 km | 271 | 952 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cundletown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11162/cundletown/topic/education