38.8% ▲ +14.0%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 35.6%
- 2021: 38.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Metford · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Metford
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Metford have finished high school compared to most other areas, with only 38.8% completing Year 12. This trend extends to higher education, as the local workforce relies more heavily on trade certificates than university degrees. While local schools are larger than usual, the area has a lower proportion of adults with degrees than the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 38.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and national figures of around 59%. In contrast, 34.4% of people stopped after Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Metford splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (41%) and Year 10 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 9.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the state average of 27.8%. Most qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV, accounting for 45.9% of the group.
9.9% ▲ +14.4%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 9.9%
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 Metford, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 18.5%, followed closely by engineering and related fields at 17.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are much larger than most other areas, with an average size of 532 students. There are 17 schools within 3km, and the sector is split between government (47.1%), independent (35.3%), and Catholic (17.6%) providers.
4.22
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
17
Higher than 86% 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).
532
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,013
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Metford
17 schools — 9,044 students, average ICSEA 1,013.
By sector: Government 8 · Independent 6 · Catholic 3
By type: Combined 7 · Primary 7 · Secondary 3
| Maitland Christian School, Metford | Independent | Combined | 0.2 km | 832 | 1,047 |
| Arise Christian College, Metford | Independent | Combined | 0.2 km | 61 | 971 |
| Hunter River Community School, Metford | Government | Combined | 0.5 km | 70 | 958 |
| Metford Public School, Metford | Government | Primary | 0.5 km | 265 | 887 |
| Ashtonfield Public School, Ashtonfield | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 514 | 1,008 |
| Hunter Valley Grammar School, Ashtonfield | Independent | Combined | 1.1 km | 1,161 | 1,134 |
| OneSchool Global NSW - Maitland, East Maitland | Independent | Combined | 1.6 km | 108 | 975 |
| Maitland High School, East Maitland | Government | Secondary | 2.5 km | 958 | 947 |
| St Aloysius Catholic Primary School, Chisholm | Catholic | Primary | 2.7 km | 614 | 1,064 |
| Tenambit Public School, Tenambit | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 283 | 893 |
| St Bede's Catholic College, Chisholm | Catholic | Secondary | 2.9 km | 910 | 1,030 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, East Maitland | Catholic | Primary | 3.0 km | 449 | 1,063 |
| Maitland East Public School, East Maitland | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 559 | 975 |
| Thornton Public School, Thornton | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 826 | 974 |
| Maitland Grossmann High School, East Maitland | Government | Secondary | 3.2 km | 900 | 960 |
| Aspect Hunter School, Thornton | Independent | Combined | 3.2 km | 290 | 1,008 |
| Linuwel School Ltd, East Maitland | Independent | Combined | 3.6 km | 244 | 1,041 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Metford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12603/metford/topic/education