37.6% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 37.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Speewa · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Speewa
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 21 percentage points separates Speewa from the state and national average in Year 12 completion. This is a place where fewer people have finished high school or earned university degrees compared to most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 37.6% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the 58.9% seen across New South Wales. About 25.8% of the population stopped at Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Speewa, the largest group is Year 12 at 40%, followed by Year 11 (27%) and Year 10 (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 11.6% of the population, far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 51.2% of those with a qualification.
11.6% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 11.6%
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 Speewa, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 27%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Engineering and Management and Commerce both at 19.5%, followed by Agriculture and Environment and Society and Culture at 17.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is much smaller than most others with an average size of 32 students. This school also has an average advantage score of 939, which is much lower than 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).
32
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
939
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Speewa
1 school — 32 students, average ICSEA 939.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Beverford District Primary School, Beverford | Government | Primary | 7.2 km | 32 | 939 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Speewa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13622/speewa/topic/education