66.3% ▲ +19.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.5%
- 2016: 58.9%
- 2021: 66.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Middle Dural · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Middle Dural
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
High levels of schooling shape daily life in Middle Dural, where 66.3% of residents have completed Year 12. This is well above the national figure and much higher than most similar areas, reflecting a community with a strong educational foundation.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is high at 66.3%, which is 7.4 percentage points above both the New South Wales and Australian figures. About 20.1% of residents finished Year 10, while 8.3% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Middle Dural, Year 12 is the majority at 67%; Year 10 is next at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Around 26.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a rate that is about the same as the Australian average. This is a much higher proportion than in most similar areas, with 28.9% of people holding a bachelor degree specifically.
26.1% ▲ +12.4%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Middle Dural splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (32%) and Certificate III / IV (31%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common areas of study are management and commerce at 26.1%, followed by engineering and related fields at 13.2%. Other common qualifications include architecture and building, and society and culture.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are smaller than most, with an average size of 186 students, but the area has more schools per child than most places. These seven nearby schools are all government-run, and most are primary schools.
5.43
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
7
Higher than 75% 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).
186
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,046
Higher than 77% 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 Dural
7 schools — 1,303 students, average ICSEA 1,046.
By sector: Government 7
By type: Primary 6 · Secondary 1
| Middle Dural Public School, Middle Dural | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 31 | 1,007 |
| Kenthurst Public School, Kenthurst | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 187 | 1,040 |
| Galston Public School, Galston | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 147 | 1,042 |
| Galston High School, Galston | Government | Secondary | 3.9 km | 570 | 1,044 |
| Arcadia Public School, Arcadia | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 60 | 1,065 |
| Glenorie Public School, Glenorie | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 283 | 1,055 |
| Hillside Public School, Glenorie | Government | Primary | 5.1 km | 25 | 1,041 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Middle Dural [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12614/middle-dural/topic/education