42.3% ▲ +44.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 42.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Minmi · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Minmi
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of adults in Minmi finished Year 12, reflecting a local workforce geared more towards trade and practical skills. This is a community where vocational training is common, though university degrees are much less frequent than in the rest of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 42.3% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. Around 37.7% of the population stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Minmi splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (43%) and Year 10 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 11%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Practical training is the norm here, with 49.8% of adults holding a Certificate III or IV. Only 12.9% have a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the New South Wales average of 27.8%.
12.9% ▲ +61.4%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 12.9%
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 Minmi, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common areas of study at 27.2%, followed by management and commerce at 17.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Families have easy access to education, with 12 schools within 3 km. Most of these are government-run primary schools, and they tend to be larger than those in most other similar areas.
6.33
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
12
Higher than 82% 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).
456
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,021
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Minmi
12 schools — 5,472 students, average ICSEA 1,021.
By sector: Government 7 · Independent 4 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 7 · Secondary 3 · Combined 2
| Minmi Public School, Minmi | Government | Primary | 0.7 km | 133 | 1,018 |
| Bishop Tyrrell Anglican College, Fletcher | Independent | Combined | 2.0 km | 860 | 1,085 |
| Glendore Public School, Maryland | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 609 | 1,019 |
| Maryland Public School, Maryland | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 368 | 996 |
| Black Hill Public School, Black Hill | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 67 | 982 |
| St Patrick's Primary School, Wallsend | Catholic | Primary | 4.4 km | 323 | 1,076 |
| Callaghan College Wallsend Campus, Wallsend | Government | Secondary | 4.5 km | 890 | 952 |
| Plattsburg Public School, Wallsend | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 195 | 910 |
| North Academy, West Wallsend | Independent | Secondary | 4.9 km | 35 | 966 |
| West Wallsend Public School, West Wallsend | Government | Primary | 5.1 km | 268 | 950 |
| Alesco Secondary College, Cooks Hill | Independent | Secondary | 5.2 km | 664 | 949 |
| Macquarie College, Wallsend | Independent | Combined | 5.6 km | 1,060 | 1,110 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Minmi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12649/minmi/topic/education