36.0% ▲ +50.4%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Neville · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Neville
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 36% of people in Neville completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and national figures. This gap is a key feature of the area's education profile. While many residents stopped their schooling early, a fair few have gone on to earn higher degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 10 is the most common highest level of schooling finished here, reached by 44.1% of residents. This helps explain why the rate of Year 12 completion is 23 points lower than the state and national averages.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Neville, the largest group is Year 10 at 46%, followed by Year 12 (38%) and Year 9 or below (10%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The usual highest qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 45.5% of adults. Those with a bachelor degree or higher make up 17.2% of the population, which is well below the national figure.
17.2% ▲ +157.4%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 17.2%
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 Neville, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 14.3%, followed by Management and Commerce at 13.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Neville has two primary schools within 3km, and while the area has a high number of schools per child, these are among the smallest in the region with an average size of 20 students.
16.95
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
20
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
948
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Neville
2 schools — 40 students, average ICSEA 948.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Neville Public School, Neville | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 9 | 974 |
| Carcoar Public School, Carcoar | Government | Primary | 15.8 km | 31 | 941 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Neville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12946/neville/topic/education