25.6% ▼ -15.2%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Matong · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Matong
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 33 percentage points separates Matong from the rest of Australia in high school completion. Only 25.6% of people here finished Year 12, which is among the lowest rates seen across similar areas. This reflects a local trend where a small minority of adults hold university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 10 is the most common highest school year finished by 31.2% of residents. This is far below the New South Wales figure for Year 12 completion, which sits at 58.9%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Matong, the largest group is Year 10 at 39%, followed by Year 12 (32%) and Year 9 or below (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here, with only 5.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common at 31.7%.
5.4% ▼ -38.6%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 5.4%
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 Matong, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Certificate I / II (20%) and Bachelor degree (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are most often tied to the land, with 25% of people studying agriculture and the environment. Education, engineering, and health each make up 10% to 11.7% of the breakdown.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though the average school size of 32 is much lower than most areas. The only local school is a government primary school.
38.46
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).
32
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
961
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Matong
1 school — 32 students, average ICSEA 961.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Matong Public School, Matong | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 32 | 961 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Matong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12533/matong/topic/education