5.9% ▲ +113.7%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Purfleet · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Purfleet
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A huge gap exists between Purfleet and the rest of the country in education, where only 5.9% of people finished Year 12. This is far below the New South Wales and national figures of around 59%.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Very few residents finished high school, with 27.1% leaving at Year 9 or below. This is far below the state and national averages.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Purfleet, Year 9 or below is the majority at 68%; Year 10 is next at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in Purfleet hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 12.7% of people.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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 →In Purfleet, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are management and commerce and society and culture, each at 9.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one independent primary school within 3km, which is smaller than most schools with an average size of 32 students. Its average advantage score of 952 is lower than most areas.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
32
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
952
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Purfleet
1 school — 32 students, average ICSEA 952.
By sector: Independent 1
By type: Primary 1
| Manning Adventist School, Tinonee | Independent | Primary | 2.6 km | 32 | 952 |
Sources
More for Purfleet
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Purfleet [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13288/purfleet/topic/education