28.9% ▲ +21.5%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Curlewis · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Curlewis
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 28.9% of people in Curlewis completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This is a place where a small number of adults hold university degrees, and many residents left school before finishing their final year.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the New South Wales and Australian figures, with 38.3% of residents having Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Curlewis, the largest group is Year 10 at 42%, followed by Year 12 (32%) and Year 9 or below (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up just 8.3% of the population, which is much lower than most areas. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 40% of residents.
8.3% ▲ +66.1%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 8.3%
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 Curlewis, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications held by residents are in Engineering and related fields at 17.1%, followed by Health and Management and commerce.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Curlewis has more schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though they are much smaller than average with a typical size of 77 students. All schools here are government primary schools.
5.99
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
77
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
833
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Curlewis
1 school — 77 students, average ICSEA 833.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Curlewis Public School, Curlewis | Government | Primary | 8.4 km | 77 | 833 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Curlewis [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11170/curlewis/topic/education