34.8% ▲ +14.3%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 34.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Sackville · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Sackville
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than 35% of residents in Sackville finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This trend is mirrored in higher education, where just 10.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. For most people here, vocational training is the primary path to qualification.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is much less common here than in most areas, with only 34.8% of residents doing so. This is 24 points lower than both the New South Wales and Australian averages, while 37.9% of residents stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Sackville splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (42%) and Year 12 (39%), with Year 9 or below at 12%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a university degree is far below the national figure at 10.8%. Instead, the area is dominated by trade and vocational certificates, which are the highest qualification for 55.7% of people.
10.8% ▲ +3.8%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 10.8%
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 Sackville, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 66%; Bachelor degree is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Sackville are most common in Engineering and related fields at 22.1%, followed by Management and commerce at 16.8%. Health and hospitality services each account for 10.7% of degrees or certificates.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two government schools within 3 km, though they are much smaller than those in most similar areas. Half of these are primary schools and half are combined schools.
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).
85
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
995
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Sackville
2 schools — 85 students, average ICSEA 995.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Combined 1 · Primary 1
| Brewongle Environmental Education Centre, Sackville North | Government | Combined | 1.7 km | — | — |
| Ebenezer Public School, Ebenezer | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 85 | 995 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Sackville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13473/sackville/topic/education