39.1% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Shannondale · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Shannondale
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Shannondale have remained low over the last decade. Only 39.1% of residents have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This pattern extends to higher education, where only 10% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Schooling levels are much lower than most areas, with only 39.1% of people completing Year 12. This is 20 percentage points lower than the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →Shannondale splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (38%) and Year 10 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher qualifications are rare here, with only 10% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%.
10.0% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 10.0%
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 Shannondale, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 41%, followed by Bachelor degree (29%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (29%).
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, health is the most common field at 22.5%, followed by food, hospitality and personal services at 10%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one primary government school in the area, which is much smaller than most other schools with an average of 66 students.
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).
66
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
903
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Shannondale
1 school — 66 students, average ICSEA 903.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Coutts Crossing Public School, Coutts Crossing | Government | Primary | 6.5 km | 66 | 903 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Shannondale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13542/shannondale/topic/education