43.9% ▲ +16.8%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.6%
- 2016: 40.8%
- 2021: 43.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Silverdale · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Silverdale
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Moderate education levels define Silverdale, where the local results for school and university degrees sit around the middle compared to similar areas. However, these figures remain far below the state and national averages, with only 13.3% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people here finished high school than in the wider state, with 43.9% completing Year 12. This is 15 percentage points lower than the New South Wales and Australian figures.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Silverdale, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (37%) and Year 9 or below (10%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Certificates are the most common qualification here, held by 46.1% of residents. Those with bachelor degrees or higher make up 13.3% of adults, which is far below the state average of 27.8%.
13.3% ▲ +43.2%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 13.3%
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 Silverdale, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Many of the local qualifications are in Engineering and related fields at 20.9%, followed by Management and commerce at 18.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two primary schools within 3 kilometres, which is more than about 66% of similar areas. Both are government schools, though they have a lower average advantage score than most areas.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
244
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
958
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Silverdale
2 schools — 487 students, average ICSEA 958.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Warragamba Public School, Warragamba | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 434 | 958 |
| Wallacia Public School, Wallacia | Government | Primary | 8.7 km | 53 | 959 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Silverdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13559/silverdale/topic/education