28.2% ▲ +4.6%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Salt Ash · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Salt Ash
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A far lower proportion of people in Salt Ash finished high school compared to the state average. Only 28.2% of residents completed Year 12, which is 31 percentage points below the New South Wales and national figures. This trend extends to higher education, where university degrees are much less common than in most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 10 was the highest level of schooling for 39.2% of people, while 16.1% finished Year 9 or below. This explains why the rate of Year 12 completion is far below the national figure.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Salt Ash, the largest group is Year 10 at 43%, followed by Year 12 (31%) and Year 9 or below (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up just 8.7% of the population, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 49.2% of residents.
8.7% ▲ +35.7%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 8.7%
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 Salt Ash, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 62%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are Engineering and related subjects at 25.9%, followed by Management and Commerce at 12.2%. Health qualifications account for 9.3% of the total.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has more schools per 1,000 children and larger average school sizes than most similar areas. There are three schools within 3km, with government schools making up 66.7% of the sector.
5.26
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
519
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
998
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Salt Ash
3 schools — 1,556 students, average ICSEA 998.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| Salt Ash Public School, Salt Ash | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 142 | 904 |
| Catherine McAuley Catholic College, Medowie | Catholic | Secondary | 6.1 km | 884 | 1,019 |
| Wirreanda Public School, Medowie | Government | Primary | 6.8 km | 530 | 988 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Salt Ash [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13482/salt-ash/topic/education