41.1% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.1%
- 2021: 41.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mullaley · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mullaley
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Management and commerce are the most common fields of study for qualified residents in Mullaley. The area has a small number of people with university degrees and a much lower rate of Year 12 completion than the state average. This reflects a community where many adults left school earlier or took different paths into work.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 41.1% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and national figures. About 21% of the population left school after Year 10, while 19% left in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mullaley, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (25%) and Year 9 or below (23%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 11.4% of the population, a figure far below the state and national averages. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 23.1% of residents.
11.4% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Mullaley splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (45%) and Bachelor degree (40%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 15%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Mullaley are spread across several areas, with management and commerce being the most frequent at 14.1%. Other common fields include society and culture at 12.8% and agriculture and environment at 10.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school in the area, though the average school size of 28 is much lower than most areas. The school advantage score is also much lower than in other similar places.
34.48
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
28
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
922
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 Mullaley
1 school — 28 students, average ICSEA 922.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Mullaley Public School, Mullaley | Government | Primary | 6.6 km | 28 | 922 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mullaley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12831/mullaley/topic/education