53.4% ▲ +24.1%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.0%
- 2016: 47.0%
- 2021: 53.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Niagara Park · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Niagara Park
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational attainment has risen in Niagara Park, with 19.4% of adults now holding a bachelor degree or higher. While these figures are higher than in most similar areas, they remain well below the state and national averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just over half of residents (53.4%) have completed Year 12. This is higher than most similar areas, though it is still well below the New South Wales and Australian figures by 5.5 percentage points.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Niagara Park, Year 12 is the majority at 56%; Year 10 is next at 29%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 35.3%, followed by bachelor degrees at 22.8%. The proportion of adults with a university degree is well below the national figure by 6.9 percentage points.
19.4% ▲ +54.1%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Niagara Park, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 41%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 19.5%, followed by engineering at 13.3% and health at 11.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 12 schools within 3km, which is more than 84% of similar areas, though there are much fewer schools per 1,000 children than usual. Most of these are government primary schools.
1.77
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
12
Higher than 82% 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).
386
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,017
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Niagara Park
12 schools — 4,631 students, average ICSEA 1,017.
By sector: Government 10 · Independent 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 7 · Combined 3 · Secondary 2
| Niagara Park Public School, Niagara Park | Government | Primary | 0.7 km | 412 | 1,008 |
| Narara Public School, Lisarow | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 377 | 1,008 |
| Lisarow High School, Lisarow | Government | Secondary | 2.3 km | 728 | 1,014 |
| Narara Valley High School, Narara | Government | Secondary | 2.5 km | 629 | 974 |
| Lisarow Public School, Lisarow | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 192 | 1,035 |
| Valley View Public School, Wyoming | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 325 | 987 |
| Ourimbah Public School, Ourimbah | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 332 | 1,018 |
| Glenvale School, Narara | Government | Combined | 3.3 km | 159 | 963 |
| Wyoming Public School, Wyoming | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 302 | 940 |
| St Philip's Christian College - Gosford, Narara | Independent | Combined | 3.5 km | 694 | 1,093 |
| Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, Wyoming | Catholic | Primary | 3.8 km | 443 | 1,076 |
| North Gosford Learning Centre, North Gosford | Government | Combined | 4.3 km | 38 | 905 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Niagara Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12970/niagara-park/topic/education