37.6% ▲ +16.0%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 37.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Singleton Heights · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Singleton Heights
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 21 percentage points separates Singleton Heights from the state average in Year 12 completion. This area sees far fewer people finishing high school or holding university degrees compared to the rest of New South Wales.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 37.6% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. Roughly 34.3% of people here stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Singleton Heights splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (40%) and Year 10 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 9.5% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, while nearly half of qualified adults hold a Certificate III or IV.
9.5% ▲ +15.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 9.5%
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 Singleton Heights, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 59%; Bachelor degree is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common areas of study for those with qualifications are engineering and related fields at 29.9%, followed by management and commerce at 16.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are typically much larger than those in similar areas, though the average school advantage score is much lower. There are six schools within 3km, and two-thirds are government run.
0.85
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
6
Higher than 74% 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).
588
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
941
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Singleton Heights
6 schools — 3,530 students, average ICSEA 941.
By sector: Government 4 · Catholic 1 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 3 · Combined 2 · Secondary 1
| Singleton Heights Public School, Singleton Heights | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 468 | 920 |
| Singleton Public School, Singleton | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 353 | 950 |
| St Catherine's Catholic College, Singleton | Catholic | Combined | 2.7 km | 1,010 | 974 |
| King Street Public School, Singleton | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 433 | 900 |
| Singleton High School, Singleton | Government | Secondary | 3.6 km | 877 | 901 |
| Australian Christian College - Singleton, Singleton | Independent | Combined | 4.4 km | 389 | 1,005 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Singleton Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13565/singleton-heights/topic/education