60.9% ▲ +19.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.1%
- 2016: 58.6%
- 2021: 60.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Regents Park · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Regents Park
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than 60% of people in Regents Park have finished Year 12, which is much higher than in most other similar areas. This strong base of secondary schooling supports a local workforce where nearly a quarter of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is a little above the national figure at 60.9%, which is much higher than most similar areas. Around 16.3% of residents left school in Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Regents Park, Year 12 is the majority at 65%; Year 9 or below is next at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
While 22.2% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher—a figure higher than most similar areas—this is well below the New South Wales average of 27.8%. Trade certificates (18.3%) and diplomas (16.8%) are also common qualifications here.
22.2% ▲ +42.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 22.2%
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 Regents Park, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 40%, followed by Certificate III / IV (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Management and commerce are the most common fields of study at 22.7%, followed by engineering and related subjects at 12.2% and society and culture at 11.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Regents Park has one of the largest clusters of schools within 3km at 45, with an average school size of 676 that is much higher than most areas. Government schools make up 57.8% of the sector.
4.46
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
45
Higher than 91% 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).
676
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,009
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Regents Park
45 schools — 30,431 students, average ICSEA 1,009.
By sector: Government 26 · Independent 10 · Catholic 9
By type: Primary 24 · Combined 11 · Secondary 10
| Regents Park Christian School, Regents Park | Independent | Combined | 0.1 km | 731 | 1,039 |
| St Peter Chanel Catholic Primary School, Regents Park | Catholic | Primary | 0.4 km | 383 | 1,048 |
| Regents Park Public School, Regents Park | Government | Primary | 0.4 km | 268 | 968 |
| Karningul School, Regents Park | Government | Combined | 0.5 km | 20 | 919 |
| Birrong Girls High School, Birrong | Government | Secondary | 0.8 km | 726 | 956 |
| Birrong Boys High School, Birrong | Government | Secondary | 1.3 km | 366 | 937 |
| Berala Public School, Berala | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 656 | 980 |
| Birrong Public School, Birrong | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 451 | 967 |
| Sefton High School, Sefton | Government | Secondary | 1.8 km | 1,121 | 1,033 |
| Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Primary School, Sefton | Catholic | Primary | 1.8 km | 337 | 1,046 |
| Sefton Infants School, Sefton | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 93 | 1,027 |
| St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School, Auburn South | Catholic | Primary | 2.0 km | 113 | 1,043 |
| Salamah College, Chester Hill | Independent | Combined | 2.1 km | 1,353 | 989 |
| Chester Hill Public School, Chester Hill | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 578 | 958 |
| Auburn West Public School, Auburn | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 572 | 928 |
| Bankstown North Public School, Bankstown | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 382 | 986 |
| Chester Hill North Public School, Chester Hill | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 400 | 950 |
| St Felix Catholic Primary School, Bankstown | Catholic | Primary | 2.8 km | 578 | 1,035 |
| St Joachim's Catholic Primary School, Lidcombe | Catholic | Primary | 2.9 km | 357 | 1,081 |
| La Salle Catholic College, Bankstown | Catholic | Secondary | 2.9 km | 1,057 | 1,011 |
| Greenacre Christian College, Greenacre | Independent | Combined | 3.0 km | 322 | 1,087 |
| Christ the King Catholic Primary School Bass Hill, Yagoona | Catholic | Primary | 3.0 km | 179 | 1,042 |
| Chester Hill High School, Chester Hill | Government | Secondary | 3.0 km | 1,056 | 912 |
| Yagoona Public School, Yagoona | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 556 | 986 |
| Lidcombe Public School, Lidcombe | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 762 | 1,019 |
| Al-Faisal College, Auburn | Independent | Combined | 3.1 km | 2,282 | 1,077 |
| Malek Fahd Islamic School, Greenacre | Independent | Combined | 3.2 km | 3,352 | 1,063 |
| Auburn Public School, Auburn | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 486 | 983 |
| International Maarif Schools of Australia - Gallipoli Campus, Auburn | Independent | Combined | 3.3 km | 362 | 1,043 |
| Bass Hill Public School, Bass Hill | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 346 | 929 |
| Chullora Public School, Greenacre | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 430 | 965 |
| Blaxcell Street Public School, Granville | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 948 | 957 |
| Banksia Road Public School, Greenacre | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 512 | 980 |
| My Dream Australian Academy, Auburn | Independent | Combined | 3.4 km | 140 | 991 |
| George Bass School, Bass Hill | Government | Combined | 3.5 km | 102 | 979 |
| Alpha Omega Senior College, Auburn | Independent | Secondary | 3.5 km | 822 | 1,111 |
| Trinity Catholic College, Auburn | Catholic | Secondary | 3.6 km | 1,313 | 1,016 |
| Granville South Creative and Performing Arts High School, Guildford | Government | Secondary | 3.7 km | 733 | 855 |
| St John Vianney Catholic Primary School, Greenacre | Catholic | Primary | 3.8 km | 221 | 1,034 |
| Al Noori Muslim School, Greenacre | Independent | Primary | 3.9 km | 2,407 | 1,086 |
| Bass High School, Bass Hill | Government | Secondary | 3.9 km | 874 | 927 |
| Villawood East Public School, Villawood | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 301 | 898 |
| Rowland Hassall School, Chester Hill | Government | Combined | 3.9 km | 63 | 889 |
| Al Sadiq College, Greenacre | Independent | Combined | 4.0 km | 771 | 942 |
| Strathfield South High School, Enfield | Government | Secondary | 4.1 km | 549 | 961 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Regents Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13358/regents-park/topic/education