40.5% ▲ +22.1%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 40.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mylestom · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mylestom
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational attainment in Mylestom has remained relatively stable, though it sits well below state and national levels. Only 40.5% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people here have finished high school than in most other areas, with 40.5% completing Year 12. This is 18 points lower than the national average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mylestom, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 15.7% of the population, which is far below the 26.3% national figure. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 37.6% of residents.
15.7% ▲ +33.4%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 15.7%
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 Mylestom, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are Education at 14.8%, followed by Architecture and building and Management and commerce, both at 11.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Mylestom has three primary government schools within 3km, which is more than 70% of similar areas. These schools are much smaller than most, with an average size of 89 students.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
89
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
998
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mylestom
3 schools — 266 students, average ICSEA 998.
By sector: Government 3
By type: Primary 3
| Urunga Public School, Urunga | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 179 | 974 |
| Repton Public School, Repton | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 63 | 1,030 |
| Raleigh Public School, Raleigh | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 24 | 1,097 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mylestom [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12886/mylestom/topic/education