42.4% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.9%
- 2021: 42.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Saddleback Mountain · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Saddleback Mountain
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
High levels of university degrees define the adult population in Saddleback Mountain, where 31.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. While this is well above the national figure, fewer people here finished high school compared to the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 42.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. About 31.8% of people finished Year 10, while 12.1% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Saddleback Mountain, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (37%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 31.3% of the population, which is much higher than most areas. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 43.2% of residents.
31.3% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 31.3%
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 Saddleback Mountain, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Graduate diploma / certificate (12%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with architecture and building being the most common at 25%. Natural and physical sciences follow at 15.9%, while engineering, management, and hospitality each sit at 13.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are three schools within 3km, which is more than most similar areas. These schools have a higher average advantage score and are larger than those in most other areas.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
490
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,059
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Saddleback Mountain
3 schools — 1,471 students, average ICSEA 1,059.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| Kiama High School, Kiama | Government | Secondary | 4.6 km | 761 | 1,036 |
| Ss Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, Kiama | Catholic | Primary | 5.3 km | 363 | 1,104 |
| Kiama Public School, Kiama | Government | Primary | 5.5 km | 347 | 1,064 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Saddleback Mountain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13475/saddleback-mountain/topic/education