40.5% ▲ +31.1%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 41.4%
- 2021: 40.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Meadow Flat · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Meadow Flat
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 40.5% of adults in Meadow Flat have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. While many residents left school early, the area has a higher share of university degrees than most similar places, though this remains well below the state average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is far below the New South Wales average of 58.9%, with just 40.5% of people finishing Year 12. Around 29.9% of residents reached Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Meadow Flat, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 21.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is more than in most similar areas. However, this is still well below the Australian figure of 26.3%, and Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 24.6%.
21.8% ▲ +92.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Meadow Flat splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (34%) and Bachelor degree (30%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are engineering and related subjects at 18.5%, followed by society and culture at 11.3% and education at 10.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schooling is based around a single government primary school. While the average school size is much lower than most areas, there are 14.08 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than typical for this level.
14.08
Higher than 82% 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).
30
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,000
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Meadow Flat
1 school — 30 students, average ICSEA 1,000.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Meadow Flat Public School, Meadow Flat | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 30 | 1,000 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Meadow Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12559/meadow-flat/topic/education