36.2% ▲ +33.6%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 36.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Maclean · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Maclean
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement for adults in Maclean. This community has a lower rate of formal schooling and university degrees compared to the rest of the state, with only 36.2% of residents completing Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is far less common here than in the rest of Australia, where 58.8% finish school. In Maclean, only 36.2% reach this milestone, while 32.4% of residents list Year 10 as their highest grade.
Highest year of school
View on map →Maclean splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (40%) and Year 10 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13.4% of the population, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. The most typical qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 32.9% of adults.
13.4% ▲ +61.8%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 13.4%
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 Maclean, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
People with qualifications in Maclean have studied a variety of fields. The most common are health at 13.3% and management and commerce at 13.1%, followed by engineering and related fields at 12.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are more schools per child here than in most similar areas, with six schools within 3 kilometres. These include a mix of government, independent and Catholic options, though the average school advantage score is lower than most areas.
7.71
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
231
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
962
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Maclean
6 schools — 1,384 students, average ICSEA 962.
By sector: Government 3 · Independent 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3 · Combined 2 · Secondary 1
| Pacific Valley Christian School, Townsend | Independent | Combined | 1.2 km | 277 | 985 |
| Valley Hope Christian School, Townsend | Independent | Combined | 1.2 km | 51 | 951 |
| Maclean Public School, Maclean | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 198 | 908 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, Maclean | Catholic | Primary | 1.7 km | 135 | 1,019 |
| Maclean High School, Maclean | Government | Secondary | 2.3 km | 689 | 959 |
| Harwood Island Public School, Harwood | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 34 | 943 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Maclean [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12440/maclean/topic/education