39.0% ▲ +12.0%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 39.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Nelsons Plains · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Nelsons Plains
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 20 percentage points separates Nelsons Plains from the state average for Year 12 completions. Only 39% of people here finished high school, which is far below the figures for New South Wales and Australia. Despite this, the area has a higher proportion of university-qualified adults than many similar places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The most common highest year of school completed is Year 10 at 40.2%. This helps explain why the 39% who finished Year 12 is far below the national figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Nelsons Plains splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (43%) and Year 12 (42%), with Year 9 or below at 8%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 18.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 33.7% of residents.
18.5% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 18.5%
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 Nelsons Plains, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with degrees in Nelsons Plains most often studied engineering and related fields (18.7%), followed by management and commerce at 14.5% and education at 12%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are eight schools within 3 km, which is more than 80% of similar areas. Most are government primary schools, though the average school advantage score is much lower than most areas.
8
Higher than 77% 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).
366
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
912
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 Nelsons Plains
8 schools — 2,926 students, average ICSEA 912.
By sector: Government 7 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 6 · Secondary 2
| Mount Kanwary Public School, Osterley | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 38 | 888 |
| Millers Forest Public School, Millers Forest | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 60 | 920 |
| Raymond Terrace Public School, Raymond Terrace | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 322 | 864 |
| Irrawang Public School, Raymond Terrace | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 304 | 863 |
| St Brigid's Primary School, Raymond Terrace | Catholic | Primary | 4.5 km | 377 | 1,012 |
| Irrawang High School, Raymond Terrace | Government | Secondary | 5.4 km | 810 | 916 |
| Grahamstown Public School, Raymond Terrace | Government | Primary | 5.8 km | 253 | 912 |
| Hunter River High School, Heatherbrae | Government | Secondary | 5.9 km | 762 | 899 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Nelsons Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12933/nelsons-plains/topic/education