38.6% ▲ +0.8%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.3%
- 2016: 40.4%
- 2021: 38.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Menangle · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Menangle
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Menangle have finished high school than in the rest of the state. Only 38.6% of residents completed Year 12, which is a gap of about 20 percentage points compared to the New South Wales and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the state and national figures. The most common highest year of schooling is Year 12 at 38.6%, followed by Year 10 at 29.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Menangle, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (36%) and Year 9 or below (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
People with a bachelor degree or higher make up 16.8% of the population, which is well below the Australian average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV at 26.8%.
16.8% ▲ +4.1%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 16.8%
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 Menangle, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 39%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (22%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are Engineering and related fields at 16.3%, and Management and commerce at 15.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Menangle has more schools per child than most similar areas, with four schools within 3km. These schools are much larger than typical ones in similar areas and have a much higher average advantage score.
5.78
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
4
Higher than 71% 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).
534
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,076
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Menangle
4 schools — 1,602 students, average ICSEA 1,076.
By sector: Government 3 · Independent 1
By type: Combined 2 · Primary 2
| Camden Park Environmental Education Centre, Menangle | Government | Combined | 1.7 km | — | — |
| Cawdor Public School, Camden | Government | Primary | 4.9 km | 76 | 982 |
| Douglas Park Public School, Douglas Park | Government | Primary | 5.1 km | 145 | 1,031 |
| Broughton Anglican College, Menangle Park | Independent | Combined | 5.9 km | 1,381 | 1,086 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Menangle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12579/menangle/topic/education