38.0% ▲ +37.8%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 38.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Southgate · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Southgate
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 21 percentage points separates Southgate from the national figure for Year 12 completion. This is a place where far fewer people have finished high school or earned a university degree compared to the rest of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 38% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales rate of 58.9%. About 30.7% of the population left school at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Southgate, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (38%) and Year 9 or below (10%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up just 9.6% of the population, far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 37.7% of people.
9.6% ▼ -6.1%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 9.6%
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 Southgate, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (25%) and Bachelor degree (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields of study are society and culture at 15.1%, followed by engineering and related fields at 12.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3 km, though its average size of 72 students is much lower than in most areas.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
72
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
971
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Southgate
1 school — 72 students, average ICSEA 971.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Ulmarra Public School, Ulmarra | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 72 | 971 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Southgate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13620/southgate/topic/education