41.3% ▲ +75.5%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 41.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount View · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mount View
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 18 percentage points separates Mount View from the state and national figures for Year 12 completion. While fewer residents finished high school, nearly one in five adults holds a university degree. This creates a distinct educational profile for the area compared to similar regions.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 41.3% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. In a breakdown of the highest year of school, 25% finished Year 10 and 18.5% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mount View, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (27%) and Year 9 or below (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 19.6% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this is still well below the national figure of 26.3%, with Certificate III and IV being the most common qualification at 27.7%.
19.6% ▲ +81.6%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 19.6%
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 View, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 35%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (27%) and Bachelor degree (22%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Mount View are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related subjects being the most common at 21.5%. Education and Management and commerce follow closely, each accounting for 16.9% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are five schools within 3 km, which is more than 75% of similar areas. On average, these schools are larger than most, though the average school advantage score is much lower than most areas.
5
Higher than 73% 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).
422
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
916
Lower than 86% 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 View
5 schools — 2,111 students, average ICSEA 916.
By sector: Government 4 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 4 · Secondary 1
| Bellbird Public School, Bellbird | Government | Primary | 5.0 km | 355 | 907 |
| Paxton Public School, Paxton | Government | Primary | 5.7 km | 80 | 926 |
| Mount View High School, Cessnock West | Government | Secondary | 7.1 km | 930 | 911 |
| Cessnock West Public School, Cessnock | Government | Primary | 7.8 km | 399 | 884 |
| St Patrick's Primary School, Cessnock | Catholic | Primary | 8.4 km | 347 | 975 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mount View [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12809/mount-view/topic/education