40.0% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.7%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Steeple Flat · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Steeple Flat
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Half of all residents in Steeple Flat have Year 10 as their highest level of schooling. While the area has a higher proportion of university degrees than many similar places, it falls far below state and national levels for Year 12 completion.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 40% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and Australian figures of around 59%. Half of the residents stopped their formal schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Steeple Flat, the largest group is Year 10 at 48%, followed by Year 12 (38%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 21.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is higher than most similar areas, though it remains well below the national figure of 26.3%.
21.7% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 21.7%
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 Steeple Flat, Bachelor degree is the majority at 100%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Agriculture & environment at 33%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number of facilities than about 59% of similar places.
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Steeple Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13672/steeple-flat/topic/education