37.6% ▲ +23.6%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 37.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Gum Flat · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Gum Flat
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 21 percentage points separates Gum Flat from the state and national figures for Year 12 completion. Only 37.6% of residents here finished high school, which is far below the New South Wales average. This trend of lower school completion is mirrored in the qualifications data, where university degrees are also much less common than across the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 37.6% of people in Gum Flat completed Year 12, a figure far below the 58.9% seen across New South Wales. About 30% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Gum Flat, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (37%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 15.6% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification here is a Certificate III or IV, held by 35.1% of residents.
15.6% ▲ +20.7%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 15.6%
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 Gum Flat, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (14%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Gum Flat are spread across several areas, with Engineering and Agriculture and Environment both tied for the most common at 12.6% each. Education and Management and Commerce also each account for 11.7% of degrees.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though the average school size of 29 is much lower than most similar areas. There is one government primary school within 3 km.
25.64
Higher than 91% 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).
29
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
997
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Gum Flat
1 school — 29 students, average ICSEA 997.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Gum Flat Public School, Gum Flat | Government | Primary | 5.1 km | 29 | 997 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Gum Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11802/gum-flat/topic/education