32.8% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Oakey Park · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Oakey Park
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Oakey Park finished high school compared to the rest of the state, with only 32.8% completing Year 12. This gap extends to higher education, where the number of adults with a university degree is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 32.8% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Australian average of 58.8%. The most common highest year of school completed here is Year 10 at 34.4%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Oakey Park splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (36%) and Year 12 (34%), with Year 9 or below at 22%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 9.7% of the population, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. Nearly half of residents hold a Certificate III or IV as their highest qualification.
9.7% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 9.7%
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 Oakey Park, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Bachelor degree is next at 15%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are engineering and related subjects at 20%, followed by management and commerce at 17.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
While the average school advantage score is much lower than most areas, Oakey Park has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than similar places, with four schools within 3 km.
21.74
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
4
Higher than 71% 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).
346
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
935
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Oakey Park
4 schools — 1,385 students, average ICSEA 935.
By sector: Government 3 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3 · Secondary 1
| Zig Zag Public School, Lithgow | Government | Primary | 0.2 km | 120 | 934 |
| Lithgow High School, Lithgow | Government | Secondary | 2.8 km | 654 | 918 |
| Lithgow Public School, Lithgow | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 324 | 919 |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School Lithgow, Lithgow | Catholic | Primary | 3.5 km | 287 | 993 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Oakey Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13066/oakey-park/topic/education