42.0% ▲ +22.1%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 42.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Maitland · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Maitland
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 42% of people in Maitland have completed Year 12, a figure that is far below the national average. This reflects a broader trend in the area where high-level qualifications are less common than in other parts of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion rates are far below the New South Wales and national figures, with 42% of residents finishing Year 12. About 30% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10, while 12% left at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Maitland, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 15.5% of adults, which is far below the same figure for New South Wales and Australia. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 35.4% of people.
15.5% ▲ +25.0%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 15.5%
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 Maitland, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are management and commerce at 14.2%, followed by engineering at 12.7% and society and culture at 12.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Maitland has 19 schools within 3km, which is more than about 89% of similar areas. These schools are much larger than most, though they have a lower average advantage score than most areas.
10.79
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
19
Higher than 86% 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).
522
Higher than 75% 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 Maitland
19 schools — 9,912 students, average ICSEA 966.
By sector: Government 11 · Catholic 4 · Independent 4
By type: Primary 12 · Secondary 5 · Combined 2
| Maitland Public School, Maitland | Government | Primary | 0.2 km | 405 | 936 |
| St John the Baptist Primary School, Maitland | Catholic | Primary | 0.5 km | 397 | 1,047 |
| All Saints College, Maitland | Catholic | Secondary | 0.7 km | 1,191 | 1,023 |
| Nillo Infants School, Lorn | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 52 | 1,076 |
| Hunter Trade College, Telarah | Independent | Secondary | 1.4 km | 257 | 978 |
| The Heights Learning Community, Gillieston Heights | Independent | Primary | 2.3 km | 14 | 1,058 |
| Telarah Public School, Maitland | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 519 | 879 |
| Gillieston Public School, Gillieston Heights | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 404 | 922 |
| St Paul's Primary School, Rutherford | Catholic | Primary | 2.8 km | 370 | 996 |
| Maitland East Public School, East Maitland | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 559 | 975 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, East Maitland | Catholic | Primary | 3.3 km | 449 | 1,063 |
| Rutherford Technology High School, Rutherford | Government | Secondary | 3.6 km | 1,405 | 922 |
| Maitland Grossmann High School, East Maitland | Government | Secondary | 3.7 km | 900 | 960 |
| Rutherford Public School, Rutherford | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 1,007 | 933 |
| Bolwarra Public School, Bolwarra | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 390 | 1,032 |
| Maitland High School, East Maitland | Government | Secondary | 4.3 km | 958 | 947 |
| Linuwel School Ltd, East Maitland | Independent | Combined | 4.5 km | 244 | 1,041 |
| OneSchool Global NSW - Maitland, East Maitland | Independent | Combined | 4.8 km | 108 | 975 |
| Tenambit Public School, Tenambit | Government | Primary | 4.9 km | 283 | 893 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Maitland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12458/maitland/topic/education