43.6% ▼ -0.5%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.8%
- 2016: 39.4%
- 2021: 43.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Myall Park · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Myall Park have remained steady, though they sit well below state and national figures. Only 43.6% of residents finished Year 12, and university degrees are less common here than in most other parts of the country.
Highest year of school completed.
Far fewer people finished high school here than across Australia, with only 43.6% completing Year 12. This is 15 percentage points lower than the national and state figures.
43.6% ▼ -0.5%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Myall Park, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 10 is next at 35%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are less common in Myall Park, where 16.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is well below the national figure of 26.3%, though Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 34.5%.
16.6% ▲ +65.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Myall Park, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (33%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
What people studied.
Qualifications for residents are spread across several fields, with Engineering being the most common at 21.2%, followed by Management and commerce at 12.4%.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number than about 59% of similar areas.
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Lower than 99% 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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Myall Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12884/myall-park/topic/education