42.0% ▲ +29.5%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 42.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Middle Brook · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Middle Brook
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Middle Brook sits around the middle of similar areas for school completion, though overall education levels are quite low. Only 11.1% of adults hold a university degree, which is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of residents—42.0%—have finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales average of 58.9%. About 37.5% of the community stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Middle Brook splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (47%) and Year 10 (42%), with Year 9 or below at 9%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by only 11.1% of adults, far below the 26.3% typical across Australia. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 40.2% of people.
11.1% ▲ +15.9%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 11.1%
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 Middle Brook, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Bachelor degree is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering at 19.7% and Management and Commerce at 13.9%. Other notable areas of study include Architecture and Building and Health, both at 9.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two schools within 3km, which is more than about 66% of similar areas. These schools are larger than most, with an average size of 546 students.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
546
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
995
Higher 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 Middle Brook
2 schools — 1,092 students, average ICSEA 995.
By sector: Government 1 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 1 · Combined 1
| Scone Public School, Scone | Government | Primary | 14.7 km | 400 | 943 |
| Scone Grammar School, Scone | Independent | Combined | 14.8 km | 692 | 1,025 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Middle Brook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12611/middle-brook/topic/education