17.4% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Falbrook · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Falbrook
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Not a single adult in Falbrook holds a bachelor degree or higher, making it one of the least qualified areas in the region. This lack of higher education is mirrored in school completion rates, with very few residents finishing Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 17.4% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. The most common highest year of school reached is Year 10, at 26.1%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Falbrook, the largest group is Year 10 at 46%, followed by Year 12 (31%) and Year 11 (23%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a university degree is 0.0%, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Falbrook, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Management & commerce at 32%, ahead of Architecture & building (21%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km, though it is much smaller than most others with an average size of 56 students. This school also has an advantage score of 910, which is much lower than most areas.
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).
56
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
910
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Falbrook
1 school — 56 students, average ICSEA 910.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Mount Pleasant Public School, Singleton | Government | Primary | 5.2 km | 56 | 910 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Falbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11488/falbrook/topic/education