54.0% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 54.6%
- 2021: 54.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Penrose · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Penrose
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of nearly 5 percentage points separates Penrose from the national figure for Year 12 completion, though the area is highly educated in other ways. While only 54% of residents finished high school, over a quarter of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 54% of residents completed Year 12, which is well below the New South Wales and national figures. However, this is still higher than most similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Penrose, Year 12 is the majority at 59%; Year 10 is next at 28%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
High-level qualifications are common here, with 27.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is much higher than most similar areas and slightly above the national average.
27.6% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Penrose splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (35%) and Certificate III / IV (30%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 12%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for residents are society and culture at 17%, followed by engineering and related subjects at 12.9% and health at 11.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 26.32 schools per 1,000 children, which is among the highest for its level. These are all small government primary schools, with an average size of just 22 students.
26.32
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
22
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,004
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Penrose
2 schools — 44 students, average ICSEA 1,004.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Penrose Public School, Penrose | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 4 | 1,034 |
| Wingello Public School, Wingello | Government | Primary | 6.5 km | 40 | 1,001 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Penrose [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13196/penrose/topic/education