46.7% ▲ +32.3%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.3%
- 2016: 43.5%
- 2021: 46.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Shortland · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Shortland
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher qualification levels than most similar areas define Shortland, though the typical resident has not finished as much school as people elsewhere in the state. Around 17.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, yet Year 12 completion is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 46.7% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% national figure. This is around the middle for similar areas, but sits 12 points lower than the New South Wales average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Shortland, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
While 17.5% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher—a figure higher than most similar areas—this remains well below the Australian average of 26.3%. Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification, held by 39.1% of people.
17.5% ▲ +67.9%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 17.5%
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 Shortland, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are Engineering and related subjects at 19.2%, followed by Management and commerce at 15.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Shortland has 27 schools within 3km, among the largest number at this level. These schools are more numerous per child than in most similar areas and have a higher average advantage score.
5.64
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
27
Higher than 88% 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).
370
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,023
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Shortland
27 schools — 9,629 students, average ICSEA 1,023.
By sector: Government 16 · Independent 7 · Catholic 4
By type: Primary 16 · Combined 6 · Secondary 5
| Awabakal Environmental Education Centre, Shortland | Government | Combined | 0.5 km | — | — |
| Shortland Public School, Shortland | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 271 | 926 |
| Margaret Jurd College, Shortland | Independent | Secondary | 1.5 km | 103 | 889 |
| Our Lady of Victories Primary School, Shortland | Catholic | Primary | 1.6 km | 130 | 1,025 |
| Heaton Public School, Jesmond | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 162 | 955 |
| Callaghan College Wallsend Campus, Wallsend | Government | Secondary | 2.9 km | 890 | 952 |
| Callaghan College Jesmond Senior Campus, Jesmond | Government | Secondary | 3.0 km | 659 | 980 |
| Plattsburg Public School, Wallsend | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 195 | 910 |
| Maryland Public School, Maryland | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 368 | 996 |
| Jesmond Public School, Jesmond | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 216 | 923 |
| Waratah West Public School, Waratah West | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 113 | 963 |
| Glendore Public School, Maryland | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 609 | 1,019 |
| St Patrick's Primary School, Wallsend | Catholic | Primary | 3.8 km | 323 | 1,076 |
| Mayfield West Public School, Mayfield | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 342 | 1,033 |
| Wallsend Public School, Wallsend | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 252 | 965 |
| St John's Primary School, Lambton | Catholic | Primary | 4.2 km | 200 | 1,083 |
| Corpus Christi Primary School, Waratah | Catholic | Primary | 4.2 km | 169 | 1,085 |
| Bishop Tyrrell Anglican College, Fletcher | Independent | Combined | 4.2 km | 860 | 1,085 |
| Lambton Public School, Lambton | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 339 | 1,065 |
| St Philip's Christian College - Waratah, Waratah | Independent | Combined | 4.5 km | 1,466 | 1,138 |
| Waratah Public School, Waratah | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 351 | 1,019 |
| St Philip's Christian College Young Parents, Waratah | Independent | Secondary | 4.7 km | 52 | 776 |
| St Philip's Christian College Dynamic Learning, Waratah | Independent | Combined | 4.7 km | 223 | 1,022 |
| Hunter Christian School, Mayfield | Independent | Combined | 4.8 km | 337 | 1,061 |
| Newcastle Middle School, Waratah | Government | Combined | 4.9 km | 45 | 967 |
| Elermore Vale Public School, Wallsend | Government | Primary | 5.1 km | 290 | 996 |
| Alesco Secondary College, Cooks Hill | Independent | Secondary | 5.3 km | 664 | 949 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Shortland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13557/shortland/topic/education