26.6% ▲ +9.0%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Darlington Point · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Darlington Point
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Darlington Point, where only 26.6% of people finished Year 12. This is far below the national figure of 58.8%, marking it as one of the areas with the lowest rates of high school completion.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer than 27% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales average of 58.9%. The most common highest year of school reached was Year 10, at 32.9%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Darlington Point, the largest group is Year 10 at 38%, followed by Year 12 (30%) and Year 9 or below (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 7.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the Australian average of 26.3%. Most qualified adults hold a Certificate III or IV, making up 36.3% of the group.
7.6% ▲ +11.5%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 7.6%
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 Darlington Point, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Bachelor degree is next at 15%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in engineering are the most common at 14.9%, followed by management and commerce at 14% and agriculture and environment at 11.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most similar places, though the typical school is much smaller than average with 88 students. All local schools are government primary schools.
6.33
Higher than 64% 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).
88
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
870
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Darlington Point
1 school — 88 students, average ICSEA 870.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Darlington Point Public School, Darlington Point | Government | Primary | 11.5 km | 88 | 870 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Darlington Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11216/darlington-point/topic/education