34.3% ▲ +37.2%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 34.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Pelican · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Pelican
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer adults in Pelican have completed high school or university compared to other parts of the country. Only 34.3% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This means a larger proportion of the local workforce relies on trade certificates and shorter vocational courses.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion rates are much lower than most areas, with 40.1% of residents peaking at Year 10. Only 34.3% finished Year 12, a gap of 25 percentage points compared to both New South Wales and Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Pelican, the largest group is Year 10 at 42%, followed by Year 12 (36%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Trade certificates are the most common qualification here, held by 47.2% of adults. This helps explain why the share of people with a bachelor degree or higher is just 9.6%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%.
9.6% ▲ +53.2%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 9.6%
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 Pelican, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with higher qualifications, Engineering and related fields are the most popular at 25.3%. Management and commerce follow at 14.1%, with Health and Architecture and building also featuring prominently.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools for the number of children, with 6.8 schools per 1,000 kids. Most of the seven schools within 3km are government-run primary schools.
6.80
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
7
Higher than 75% 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).
252
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
982
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Pelican
7 schools — 1,761 students, average ICSEA 982.
By sector: Government 6 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 6 · Secondary 1
| Pelican Flat Public School, Pelican | Government | Primary | 0.3 km | 94 | 981 |
| Blacksmiths Public School, Blacksmiths | Government | Primary | 0.7 km | 103 | 1,004 |
| Marks Point Public School, Marks Point | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 141 | 935 |
| Swansea Public School, Swansea | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 199 | 923 |
| St Patrick's Primary School, Swansea | Catholic | Primary | 2.9 km | 165 | 1,041 |
| Caves Beach Public School, Caves Beach | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 349 | 1,019 |
| Swansea High School, Caves Beach | Government | Secondary | 3.7 km | 710 | 972 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Pelican [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13189/pelican/topic/education