46.9% ▲ +7.5%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.6%
- 2016: 50.8%
- 2021: 46.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Evans Plains · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Evans Plains
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 12 percentage points separates Evans Plains from the state and national figures for Year 12 completion. While many adults hold a qualification, fewer have finished high school than in most of Australia. The area shows a strong mix of trade certificates and university degrees among its residents.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 46.9% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. Nearly 30% of the population listed Year 10 as their highest year of school.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Evans Plains, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 10 is next at 32%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 20.5% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is higher than most similar areas but still well below the national figure. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 33.7% of residents.
20.5% ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 20.5%
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 Evans Plains, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Management and commerce are the most common fields of study at 23.5%, followed by engineering and related subjects at 18.4%. Health qualifications make up 11.2% of the total.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are six schools within 3km, which is more than about 77% of similar areas. Half of these are government schools and half are primary schools, with typical school sizes of around 298 students.
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).
298
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
995
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Evans Plains
6 schools — 1,789 students, average ICSEA 995.
By sector: Government 3 · Independent 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3 · Secondary 2 · Combined 1
| Skillset Senior College, Mitchell | Independent | Secondary | 7.9 km | 155 | 904 |
| St Philomena's Catholic Primary School Bathurst, South Bathurst | Catholic | Primary | 8.2 km | 216 | 1,028 |
| Bathurst South Public School, Bathurst | Government | Primary | 8.5 km | 184 | 936 |
| Carenne School, Bathurst | Government | Combined | 8.5 km | 97 | 908 |
| St Stanislaus' College, Bathurst | Independent | Secondary | 9.0 km | 713 | 1,038 |
| Bathurst Public School, Bathurst | Government | Primary | 9.2 km | 424 | 983 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Evans Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11473/evans-plains/topic/education