33.3% ▲ +89.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
South Maitland · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in South Maitland
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Much lower qualification levels than most similar areas mark South Maitland, where only 8.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This stands far below the national figure of 26.3%. Education levels here are generally low, with only a third of residents completing Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 33.3% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. The most common highest year of school completed is Year 10 at 33.6%.
Highest year of school
View on map →South Maitland splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (37%) and Year 12 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Trade and vocational training are common here, with 46% of qualified adults holding a Certificate III or IV. This helps explain why bachelor degrees are far less common than in the rest of the state.
8.5% ▲ +203.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 8.5%
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 South Maitland, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in South Maitland are spread across various fields, led by Engineering and related subjects at 16.7% and Society and culture at 14.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has more schools within 3 km than about 87% of similar places, with 16 facilities. These schools are typically larger than most, averaging 494 students.
16
Higher than 86% 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).
494
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
998
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving South Maitland
16 schools — 7,901 students, average ICSEA 998.
By sector: Government 8 · Independent 5 · Catholic 3
By type: Primary 9 · Secondary 4 · Combined 3
| All Saints College, Maitland | Catholic | Secondary | 1.0 km | 1,191 | 1,023 |
| St John the Baptist Primary School, Maitland | Catholic | Primary | 1.0 km | 397 | 1,047 |
| Maitland Public School, Maitland | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 405 | 936 |
| Maitland East Public School, East Maitland | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 559 | 975 |
| Nillo Infants School, Lorn | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 52 | 1,076 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, East Maitland | Catholic | Primary | 2.1 km | 449 | 1,063 |
| Hunter Trade College, Telarah | Independent | Secondary | 2.5 km | 257 | 978 |
| The Heights Learning Community, Gillieston Heights | Independent | Primary | 2.6 km | 14 | 1,058 |
| Maitland Grossmann High School, East Maitland | Government | Secondary | 2.6 km | 900 | 960 |
| Gillieston Public School, Gillieston Heights | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 404 | 922 |
| Maitland High School, East Maitland | Government | Secondary | 3.2 km | 958 | 947 |
| OneSchool Global NSW - Maitland, East Maitland | Independent | Combined | 3.5 km | 108 | 975 |
| Linuwel School Ltd, East Maitland | Independent | Combined | 3.6 km | 244 | 1,041 |
| Telarah Public School, Maitland | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 519 | 879 |
| Tenambit Public School, Tenambit | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 283 | 893 |
| Hunter Valley Grammar School, Ashtonfield | Independent | Combined | 4.0 km | 1,161 | 1,134 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in South Maitland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13607/south-maitland/topic/education