39.4% ▲ +16.1%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 38.8%
- 2021: 39.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Freemans Reach · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Freemans Reach
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Freemans Reach have finished high school compared to most other areas. Only 39.4% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend of lower formal schooling levels is reflected in the community's qualifications.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the New South Wales average, with 39.4% of residents finishing high school. Many others stopped earlier, with 38.2% reaching Year 10 and 12.7% finishing Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Freemans Reach splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (41%) and Year 10 (40%), with Year 9 or below at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 12.5% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Most qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV, accounting for 44.1% of the totals.
12.5% ▲ +27.3%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 12.5%
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 Freemans Reach, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are Engineering and related topics at 19.8%, followed by Management and commerce at 17.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 9 schools within 3 km, which is more than about 81% of similar areas. Most of these are government primary schools, and the average school advantage score is lower than most areas.
4.72
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
9
Higher than 78% 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).
313
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
949
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Freemans Reach
9 schools — 2,815 students, average ICSEA 949.
By sector: Government 8 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 7 · Secondary 2
| Hawkesbury High School, Freemans Reach | Government | Secondary | 1.2 km | 418 | 946 |
| Freemans Reach Public School, Freemans Reach | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 194 | 957 |
| Wilberforce Public School, Wilberforce | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 326 | 992 |
| St Matthew's Primary School, Windsor | Catholic | Primary | 4.9 km | 303 | 1,021 |
| Windsor Public School, Windsor | Government | Primary | 5.0 km | 125 | 944 |
| Glossodia Public School, Glossodia | Government | Primary | 5.0 km | 184 | 954 |
| Windsor South Public School, South Windsor | Government | Primary | 5.5 km | 333 | 858 |
| Pitt Town Public School, Pitt Town | Government | Primary | 6.4 km | 290 | 987 |
| Windsor High School, Mcgraths Hill | Government | Secondary | 6.6 km | 642 | 923 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Freemans Reach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11567/freemans-reach/topic/education