43.5% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 43.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Maimuru · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Maimuru
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Maimuru have remained largely steady, with a modest 43.5% of residents completing Year 12. This is far below the state and national figures, and the area has a much lower proportion of university degrees than most other regions.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of the population, 43.5%, finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. Another 43.5% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Maimuru splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (44%) and Year 10 (44%), with Year 11 at 7%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 11% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the Australian average of 26.3%. Instead, most qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV.
11.0% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 11.0%
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 Maimuru, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 63%; Bachelor degree is next at 25%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications have studied a variety of fields, led by society and culture at 18.8%, followed by engineering and related subjects at 17.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Maimuru has one government primary school within 3km, though the average school size of 13 is among the lowest for its level.
47.62
Higher than 99% 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).
13
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
966
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Maimuru
1 school — 13 students, average ICSEA 966.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Maimuru Public School, Maimuru | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 13 | 966 |
Sources
More for Maimuru
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Maimuru [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12453/maimuru/topic/education