55.7% ▲ +25.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.5%
- 2016: 49.4%
- 2021: 55.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
East Gosford · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in East Gosford
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in East Gosford finished high school than in the state or national averages, though the area still sees a high proportion of university graduates. About 24.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
High school completion is well below the national figure, with 55.7% of residents finishing Year 12. This is 3.1 percentage points lower than the Australian average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In East Gosford, Year 12 is the majority at 60%; Year 10 is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A quarter of adults have a bachelor degree, and 24% hold a Certificate III or IV. While these rates are much higher than in similar areas, the proportion of people with a degree is still a little below the national figure.
24.7% ▲ +43.9%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →East Gosford splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (30%) and Certificate III / IV (29%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in management and commerce, held by 20.7% of graduates. Other common fields include society and culture at 12.9% and health at 12.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
East Gosford has more schools per child than most areas, with 22 schools within 3km. Local schools are larger and have much higher advantage scores than most similar areas.
5.71
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
22
Higher than 87% 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).
537
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,065
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving East Gosford
22 schools — 11,284 students, average ICSEA 1,065.
By sector: Government 13 · Independent 6 · Catholic 3
By type: Primary 10 · Secondary 6 · Combined 6
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, East Gosford | Catholic | Primary | 0.4 km | 384 | 1,090 |
| Gosford East Public School, East Gosford | Government | Primary | 0.6 km | 334 | 1,017 |
| St Joseph's Catholic College, East Gosford | Catholic | Secondary | 0.8 km | 802 | 1,075 |
| St Edward's Christian Brothers' College, East Gosford | Independent | Secondary | 0.9 km | 971 | 1,068 |
| Rumbalara Environmental Education Centre, Gosford | Government | Combined | 1.0 km | — | — |
| Chertsey Primary School, Springfield | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 125 | 935 |
| ET Australia Secondary College, Gosford | Independent | Secondary | 1.6 km | 280 | 976 |
| North Gosford Learning Centre, North Gosford | Government | Combined | 2.1 km | 38 | 905 |
| Henry Kendall High School, Gosford | Government | Secondary | 2.3 km | 789 | 1,030 |
| Gosford High School, Gosford | Government | Secondary | 2.4 km | 1,067 | 1,157 |
| Woodport Public School, Erina | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 429 | 1,041 |
| Gosford Public School, West Gosford | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 545 | 1,049 |
| Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, Wyoming | Catholic | Primary | 2.5 km | 443 | 1,076 |
| Erina High School, Erina | Government | Secondary | 2.6 km | 781 | 996 |
| Point Clare Public School, Point Clare | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 479 | 1,058 |
| Wyoming Public School, Wyoming | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 302 | 940 |
| Yattalunga Valley Christian School, Green Point | Independent | Primary | 3.0 km | 26 | 1,095 |
| Green Point Christian College, Green Point | Independent | Combined | 3.1 km | 1,175 | 1,106 |
| Central Coast Adventist School, Erina | Independent | Combined | 3.3 km | 1,136 | 1,112 |
| St Philip's Christian College - Gosford, Narara | Independent | Combined | 3.6 km | 694 | 1,093 |
| Glenvale School, Narara | Government | Combined | 3.6 km | 159 | 963 |
| Valley View Public School, Wyoming | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 325 | 987 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in East Gosford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11352/east-gosford/topic/education