48.4% ▲ +32.9%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.4%
- 2016: 42.7%
- 2021: 48.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Sancrox · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Sancrox
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 48.4% of people in Sancrox have completed Year 12, a figure that is far below the national average. This gap in basic schooling is offset by a higher-than-usual proportion of residents holding university degrees compared to similar areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people in Sancrox finished high school than in most other areas, sitting 10 percentage points below the Australian figure. Around 28.4% of residents reached Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Sancrox, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 10 is next at 30%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
While 17.9% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is more common than in similar areas, this is still well below the New South Wales rate of 27.8%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 37.3% of people.
17.9% ▲ +23.1%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 17.9%
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 Sancrox, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Sancrox are most often in management and commerce (19.3%) or engineering (16.4%), followed by health and architecture.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has four schools within 3km, which is more than 73% of similar places. These schools are larger than most, though they have a lower average advantage score.
4
Higher than 71% 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).
596
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
962
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Sancrox
4 schools — 2,385 students, average ICSEA 962.
By sector: Catholic 2 · Government 2
By type: Secondary 2 · Primary 2
| St Joseph's Regional College, Port Macquarie | Catholic | Secondary | 4.2 km | 1,026 | 1,017 |
| Wauchope High School, Wauchope | Government | Secondary | 5.8 km | 458 | 894 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, Wauchope | Catholic | Primary | 6.0 km | 277 | 1,011 |
| Wauchope Public School, Wauchope | Government | Primary | 6.1 km | 624 | 900 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Sancrox [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13486/sancrox/topic/education