53.5% ▲ +18.3%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.2%
- 2016: 40.8%
- 2021: 53.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
St Albans · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in St Albans
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly 30% of adults in St Albans hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is well above the national figure. This reflects a highly qualified population, despite a lower proportion of residents finishing high school compared to the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 53.5% of residents completed Year 12, a figure that is well below both the New South Wales and national averages. About 15.5% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In St Albans, Year 12 is the majority at 61%; Year 10 is next at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area is much more qualified than most similar places, with 29.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. The most common qualifications are Certificate III or IV at 25.7% and bachelor degrees at 21.9%.
29.6% ▲ +48.5%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →St Albans splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (32%) and Bachelor degree (27%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualified residents have a diverse range of backgrounds, with Engineering and Society and Culture both being the most common fields of study at 14.3% each.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school in the area, which is among the smallest of its kind with an average of 13 students.
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).
13
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,020
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving St Albans
1 school — 13 students, average ICSEA 1,020.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Macdonald Valley Public School, Central Macdonald | Government | Primary | 8.1 km | 13 | 1,020 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in St Albans [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13645/st-albans/topic/education