26.5% ▼ -42.2%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.9%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Oakhampton · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Oakhampton
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Oakhampton finished high school than in most similar areas, with only 26.5% completing Year 12. While this is far below the national figure, the area still has a higher proportion of university graduates than many other similar places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 26.5% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. Around 30.5% of residents left school at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Oakhampton splits fairly evenly between Year 9 or below (34%) and Year 10 (32%), with Year 12 at 30%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 17.6% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the Australian average of 26.3%. Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 29.3%.
17.6% ▼ -9.6%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 17.6%
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 Oakhampton, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 37%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (22%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are management and commerce at 18.3%, followed by education at 17.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Oakhampton has 10 schools within 3km, which is more than 82% of similar areas. These schools are much larger than most, with an average size of 599 students, and 60% are government run.
10
Higher than 79% 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).
599
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
965
Lower 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 Oakhampton
10 schools — 5,993 students, average ICSEA 965.
By sector: Government 6 · Catholic 3 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 7 · Secondary 3
| Bolwarra Public School, Bolwarra | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 390 | 1,032 |
| Rutherford Technology High School, Rutherford | Government | Secondary | 2.3 km | 1,405 | 922 |
| Nillo Infants School, Lorn | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 52 | 1,076 |
| Rutherford Public School, Rutherford | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 1,007 | 933 |
| St Paul's Primary School, Rutherford | Catholic | Primary | 2.9 km | 370 | 996 |
| Telarah Public School, Maitland | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 519 | 879 |
| Maitland Public School, Maitland | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 405 | 936 |
| All Saints College, Maitland | Catholic | Secondary | 3.6 km | 1,191 | 1,023 |
| St John the Baptist Primary School, Maitland | Catholic | Primary | 3.6 km | 397 | 1,047 |
| Hunter Trade College, Telarah | Independent | Secondary | 4.1 km | 257 | 978 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Oakhampton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13067/oakhampton/topic/education