43.1% ▲ +28.0%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 43.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mudgee · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mudgee
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of residents in Mudgee—about 43.1%—have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This reflects a broader trend in the area's education, where vocational training and practical certificates are much more common than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 43.1% of people have completed Year 12, a result far below the 58.8% national average. Roughly 31.4% of the population stopped at Year 10, while 11.3% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mudgee, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here, with only 15.2% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. Instead, Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most typical, held by 41.2% of adults.
15.2% ▲ +48.9%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 15.2%
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 Mudgee, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 50%; Bachelor degree is next at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are Engineering and related trades at 19.9%, followed by Management and commerce at 15.2% and Health at 10.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Mudgee has some of the largest schools for its area type, with an average size of 776 students. Most schools are Government run (75%), and while there are 4 schools within 3 km, the number of schools per 1,000 children is much lower than most areas.
1.24
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
776
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
966
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mudgee
4 schools — 3,103 students, average ICSEA 966.
By sector: Government 3 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2 · Combined 1 · Secondary 1
| Cudgegong Valley Public School, Mudgee | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 654 | 951 |
| St Matthews Catholic School Mudgee, Mudgee | Catholic | Combined | 2.0 km | 1,122 | 1,022 |
| Mudgee High School, Mudgee | Government | Secondary | 2.2 km | 788 | 928 |
| Mudgee Public School, Mudgee | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 539 | 925 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mudgee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12823/mudgee/topic/education