65.1% ▲ +25.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.1%
- 2016: 57.0%
- 2021: 65.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Medlow Bath · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Medlow Bath
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher levels of schooling and university degrees have become more common in Medlow Bath. This is a highly educated area where 65.1% of residents finished Year 12, a figure well above the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
More people here finished high school than in most similar areas. At 65.1%, the rate of Year 12 completion is well above both the New South Wales figure of 58.9% and the Australian average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Medlow Bath, Year 12 is the majority at 67%; Year 10 is next at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are common, with 33.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the national figure of 26.3% and higher than most other areas.
33.7% ▲ +29.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 33.7%
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 Medlow Bath, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 31%, followed by Certificate III / IV (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (22%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, led by society and culture at 15.9% and management and commerce at 13.8%. Creative arts and engineering also make up a significant share of degrees.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one primary school in the area, which is run by the government. This school is smaller than those in most similar areas and has an advantage score around the middle for its level.
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).
128
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
986
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Medlow Bath
1 school — 128 students, average ICSEA 986.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Katoomba North Public School, Katoomba | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 128 | 986 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Medlow Bath [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12563/medlow-bath/topic/education