42.2% ▲ +7.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.3%
- 2016: 39.2%
- 2021: 42.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount Arthur · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mount Arthur
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than 42% of people in Mount Arthur completed Year 12, though this is far below the national figure. The area has a small number of highly qualified residents, with only 8.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the New South Wales average, sitting 17 points lower than the state and national figures. About 36% of residents reached Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mount Arthur, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 10 (37%) and Year 9 or below (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is much lower than most areas, sitting far below the national figure. Instead, Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification, held by 38.6% of residents.
8.4% ▼ -48.4%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 8.4%
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 Mount Arthur, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 63%; Bachelor degree is next at 26%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Mount Arthur are spread across several fields, with education being the most common at 17.5%, followed by management and commerce at 15.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are four schools within 3km, which is more than about 73% of similar areas. These schools have an average size of 241 students, though the average school advantage score is among the lowest at this level.
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).
241
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
841
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mount Arthur
4 schools — 963 students, average ICSEA 841.
By sector: Government 2 · Independent 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2 · Combined 1 · Secondary 1
| Wellington Christian School, Wellington | Independent | Primary | 3.7 km | 78 | 859 |
| Wellington Public School, Wellington | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 405 | 816 |
| St Mary's Catholic School Wellington, Wellington | Catholic | Combined | 4.5 km | 196 | 956 |
| Wellington High School, Wellington | Government | Secondary | 5.0 km | 284 | 792 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mount Arthur [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12758/mount-arthur/topic/education