42.5% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 42.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Sheedys Gully · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Sheedys Gully
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher qualification rates than most similar areas mark Sheedys Gully, although overall schooling levels remain low. While 17.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, far fewer than the national figure have finished Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 42.5% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. Around 31% of the population peaked at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Sheedys Gully, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 17.6%, which is higher than most similar areas but still well below the Australian average of 26.3%. Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 38.4%.
17.6% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 17.6%
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 Sheedys Gully, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common areas of study at 24.7%, followed by management and commerce at 17.8% and health at 13.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Five schools are located within 3 km, which is more than about 75% of similar areas. These schools have an average size of 351 students, though the average school advantage score is much lower than most areas.
5
Higher than 73% 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).
351
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
937
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Sheedys Gully
5 schools — 1,753 students, average ICSEA 937.
By sector: Government 3 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 3 · Secondary 2
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School Lithgow, Lithgow | Catholic | Primary | 1.3 km | 287 | 993 |
| Cooerwull Public School, Lithgow | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 258 | 906 |
| La Salle Academy Lithgow, Lithgow | Catholic | Secondary | 1.7 km | 230 | 980 |
| Lithgow Public School, Lithgow | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 324 | 919 |
| Lithgow High School, Lithgow | Government | Secondary | 1.8 km | 654 | 918 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Sheedys Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13546/sheedys-gully/topic/education