36.8% ▲ +13.1%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 36.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Gravesend · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Gravesend
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Gravesend finished high school than the national figure, with only 36.8% completing Year 12. This gap is reflected in the qualifications of adults, where only 10.6% hold a bachelor degree or higher. The area is largely non-residential, with a small population spread across a very large land area.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 36.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. The most common highest level of schooling reached in the area is Year 10, at 43.9%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Gravesend, the largest group is Year 10 at 44%, followed by Year 12 (37%) and Year 9 or below (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 10.6% of the population, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 47.3% of residents.
10.6% ▲ +57.0%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 10.6%
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 Gravesend, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Gravesend are spread across several fields, with Engineering and Management and Commerce both accounting for 15.5% of degrees and certificates.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 15.87 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most areas, though the average school size is among the lowest at 23 students. All schools in the area are government primary schools.
15.87
Higher than 85% 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).
23
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
918
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Gravesend
1 school — 23 students, average ICSEA 918.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Gravesend Public School, Gravesend | Government | Primary | 7.6 km | 23 | 918 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Gravesend [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11749/gravesend/topic/education