36.7% ▲ +32.9%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 36.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Sedgefield · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Sedgefield
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Sedgefield finished high school than the state or national average. Only 36.7% of residents completed Year 12, which is 22 percentage points below the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The typical highest year of school completed is Year 10 for 37.2% of people, while Year 12 was finished by 36.7%. These results are far below the national and state averages.
Highest year of school
View on map →Sedgefield splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (41%) and Year 12 (41%), with Year 9 or below at 9%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13.1% of the population, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 47.2%.
13.1% ▲ +108.5%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 13.1%
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 Sedgefield, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 61%; Bachelor degree is next at 27%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with a qualification, the most common field is Engineering and related subjects at 29.6%. Other common fields include Management and commerce at 10.4% and Health at 8.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one Catholic combined school within 3 km, which is larger than about 59% of similar areas. Its average school advantage score is 974, which is 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).
1,010
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
974
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Sedgefield
1 school — 1,010 students, average ICSEA 974.
By sector: Catholic 1
By type: Combined 1
| St Catherine's Catholic College, Singleton | Catholic | Combined | 5.6 km | 1,010 | 974 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Sedgefield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13529/sedgefield/topic/education