15.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Maldon · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Maldon
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Maldon have stayed remarkably low since 2011. Only 15% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 15% of residents finished Year 12, a rate far below the 58.9% seen in New South Wales. In fact, 20% of people here left school in Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Maldon, the largest group is Year 9 or below at 40%, followed by Year 12 (30%) and Year 11 (30%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The most common highest qualification level is Certificate III / IV at 58%, ahead of Bachelor degree (33%).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Maldon, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 64%; Bachelor degree is next at 36%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Health at 25%, ahead of Management & commerce (25%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Maldon has three schools within 3km, which is more than about 70% of similar areas. While the typical school here is much larger than most, the average school advantage score is lower than most areas.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
633
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
972
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Maldon
3 schools — 1,899 students, average ICSEA 972.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| Picton High School, Picton | Government | Secondary | 2.7 km | 1,182 | 950 |
| Picton Public School, Picton | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 307 | 991 |
| St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, Picton | Catholic | Primary | 3.9 km | 410 | 1,019 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Maldon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12464/maldon/topic/education