31.7% ▲ +38.3%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Manildra · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Manildra
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 31.7% of people in Manildra have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This gap in secondary schooling is reflected in the qualifications of adults, with very few holding university degrees. The local education landscape is shaped by small primary schools and a high proportion of trade certificates.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The typical highest year of school completed is Year 10 for 38.2% of residents. Overall, the rate of people finishing Year 12 is much lower than in most other areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Manildra, the largest group is Year 10 at 43%, followed by Year 12 (35%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 8.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. Instead, Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification, held by 43.5% of people.
8.5% ▲ +33.2%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 8.5%
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 Manildra, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 59%; Bachelor degree is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are Engineering and related topics at 16.8%, followed closely by Management and commerce at 16.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 12.42 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most areas, though the average school size is very small at 36 students. These are all primary schools, split evenly between government and Catholic sectors.
12.42
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
36
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
971
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Manildra
2 schools — 72 students, average ICSEA 971.
By sector: Catholic 1 · Government 1
By type: Primary 2
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Manildra, Manildra | Catholic | Primary | 4.9 km | 33 | 1,000 |
| Manildra Public School, Manildra | Government | Primary | 5.5 km | 39 | 947 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Manildra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12483/manildra/topic/education