46.8% ▼ -9.6%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.8%
- 2016: 44.2%
- 2021: 46.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Medway · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Medway
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Medway generally sits in the middle of similar areas for schooling, though university degrees are far less common here than the state average. Only 11.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people finished high school here compared to the rest of the country, with 46.8% completing Year 12. This is far below the national figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Medway, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Practical certificates are the most common qualification, with 35.6% of people holding a Certificate III or IV. Bachelor degrees are held by just 8.2% of residents, which is far below the New South Wales average.
11.8% ▼ -45.0%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Medway, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (27%) and Bachelor degree (10%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common areas of study at 16.4%, followed by management and commerce at 12.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one primary school, which is smaller than most others but has a school advantage score that is higher than most areas.
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).
158
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,029
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Medway
1 school — 158 students, average ICSEA 1,029.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Berrima Public School, Berrima | Government | Primary | 5.3 km | 158 | 1,029 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Medway [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12565/medway/topic/education