40.8% ▲ +35.2%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 40.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Jerseyville · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Jerseyville
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Jerseyville have remained relatively stable since 2011, but the area lags behind state and national trends. Only 40.8% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. This gap is reflected in a smaller proportion of adults holding higher university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people in Jerseyville finished high school compared to most other areas. Just 40.8% completed Year 12, which is 18 percentage points lower than the national average.
Highest year of school
View on map →Jerseyville splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (42%) and Year 10 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 11%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 13.3% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the New South Wales rate of 27.8%. Trade qualifications are more common, with 49.1% of residents holding a Certificate III or IV.
13.3% ▲ +415.6%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 13.3%
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 Jerseyville, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (24%) and Bachelor degree (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are most common in society and culture (23.6%) and engineering (20%). Health-related studies follow at 10.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km, which is more than about 59% of similar areas. The average school advantage score of 952 is lower than most areas.
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).
348
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
952
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Jerseyville
1 school — 348 students, average ICSEA 952.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| South West Rocks Public School, South West Rocks | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 348 | 952 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Jerseyville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12031/jerseyville/topic/education