38.7% ▲ +53.8%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 38.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Heddon Greta · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Heddon Greta
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Heddon Greta than the national average. Only 38.7% of residents completed Year 12, which is 20 percentage points lower than across Australia. This gap is reflected in the area's qualifications, where high-level degrees are much less common than in the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion rates are low here, with only 38.7% of people finishing Year 12. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Heddon Greta splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (41%) and Year 10 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 12%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon, as only 9.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 52.3%.
9.6% ▲ +104.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 9.6%
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 Heddon Greta, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 60%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are led by Engineering and related fields at 24.4%, followed by Management and commerce at 18.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are six schools within 3 km, which is more than most similar areas. Most of these are government primary schools, and the average school advantage score of 902 is much lower than in most areas.
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).
353
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
902
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 Heddon Greta
6 schools — 2,116 students, average ICSEA 902.
By sector: Government 5 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 5 · Secondary 1
| Kurri Kurri High School, Kurri Kurri | Government | Secondary | 1.7 km | 917 | 894 |
| Stanford Merthyr Infants School, Stanford Merthyr | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 54 | 950 |
| Holy Spirit Primary School, Kurri Kurri | Catholic | Primary | 2.2 km | 186 | 994 |
| Kurri Kurri Public School, Kurri Kurri | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 574 | 891 |
| Pelaw Main Public School, Pelaw Main | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 115 | 901 |
| Weston Public School, Weston | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 270 | 882 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Heddon Greta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11895/heddon-greta/topic/education