10.5% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Scotts Flat · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Scotts Flat
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Over half of residents in Scotts Flat left school after Year 10, marking a significant trend for the area. This community has very low levels of formal higher education compared to the rest of the state and country, with a strong focus on practical trade qualifications.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 10.5% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. Most of the population finished their schooling at Year 10, accounting for 52.6% of residents.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Scotts Flat, Year 10 is the majority at 65%; Year 12 is next at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in the area hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 42.9% of adults.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Scotts Flat, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 75%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 25%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications have focused primarily on practical fields, with 28.6% studying engineering and 23.8% focusing on agriculture and the environment.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3 km, though its average size of 45 students and its advantage score of 926 are both much lower than most areas.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
45
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
926
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Scotts Flat
1 school — 45 students, average ICSEA 926.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Kirkton Public School, Lower Belford | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 45 | 926 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Scotts Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13522/scotts-flat/topic/education