39.7% ▲ +9.5%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.3%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 39.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Martindale · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Martindale
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Martindale have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the state. Only 39.7% of residents completed Year 12, which is 19 points lower than the New South Wales figure. This gap is also seen in higher education, where university degrees are much less common than across Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure at 39.7%. In this area, the most common highest school year reached is Year 12, followed closely by Year 10 at 38.2%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Martindale splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (42%) and Year 10 (41%), with Year 9 or below at 10%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 10.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the New South Wales average. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 51.9% of residents.
10.1% ▲ +1.9%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 10.1%
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 Martindale, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 64%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most popular fields are engineering and related studies at 28.4%, and agriculture and environment at 17.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Martindale has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though the average school size is among the lowest for its level. The only school in the area is a government primary school.
35.71
Higher than 97% 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).
7
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
992
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Martindale
1 school — 7 students, average ICSEA 992.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Martindale Public School, Martindale | Government | Primary | 14.9 km | 7 | 992 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Martindale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12520/martindale/topic/education