34.8% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 34.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Old Station · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Old Station
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Few residents in Old Station have reached higher levels of schooling, which shapes the local skill set. Only 34.8% of people here finished Year 12, and no adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure of 58.8%, with the typical resident finishing school at Year 10. Roughly 17.4% of the population left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Old Station, the largest group is Year 10 at 48%, followed by Year 12 (35%) and Year 9 or below (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is very rare here, as 0.0% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Old Station splits fairly evenly between Advanced diploma / diploma (50%) and Certificate III / IV (50%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Engineering & related at 45%, ahead of Health (45%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are three schools within 3 km, which is more than most similar areas. These are all government primary schools, though they are smaller and have much lower advantage scores than typical schools.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
68
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
899
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Old Station
3 schools — 203 students, average ICSEA 899.
By sector: Government 3
By type: Primary 3
| Frederickton Public School, Frederickton | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 130 | 890 |
| Gladstone Public School, Gladstone | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 19 | 1,004 |
| Smithtown Public School, Smithtown | Government | Primary | 4.8 km | 54 | 885 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Old Station [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13091/old-station/topic/education