23.0% ▲ +3.7%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Jennings · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Jennings
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Very few residents in Jennings hold high-level qualifications compared to similar areas. Only 23% of people have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend is mirrored in the low number of adults with university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is among the lowest for similar areas at 23%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. The most common highest year of school reached here is Year 10, at 32.4%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Jennings, the largest group is Year 10 at 40%, followed by Year 12 (28%) and Year 9 or below (25%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up just 3.9% of the population, far below the Australian figure of 26.3%. Instead, Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification, held by 42.9% of residents.
3.9% ▲ +15.5%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 3.9%
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 Jennings, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 69%; Bachelor degree is next at 13%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related subjects at 11.7%, followed by Society and culture at 10.4% and Management and commerce at 9.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 47.62 schools per 1,000 children, which is among the highest for similar areas. These are all government primary schools, though they are among the smallest and lowest-scoring for school advantage.
47.62
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
17
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
877
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Jennings
2 schools — 33 students, average ICSEA 877.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Jennings Public School, Jennings | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 10 | 795 |
| Wallangarra State School, Wallangarra | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 23 | 912 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Jennings [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12017/jennings/topic/education