50.4% ▲ +19.2%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.2%
- 2016: 47.5%
- 2021: 50.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Stony Chute · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Stony Chute
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of over 8 percentage points separates Stony Chute from the national average in school completion. While about half the residents finished Year 12, the area has a surprisingly high number of university graduates compared to similar places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 50.4% of people here completed Year 12, which is well below the New South Wales and national figures. The remaining residents finished at Year 11 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Stony Chute, Year 12 is the majority at 56%; Year 10 is next at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 26.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is much higher than most similar areas. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 30.3% of residents.
26.1% ▲ +43.7%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 26.1%
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 Stony Chute, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 39%, followed by Bachelor degree (29%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (14%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with Health being the most common at 16.5%, followed by Engineering at 15.6% and Education at 14.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two schools within 3km, which is more than about 66% of similar areas. These schools are very small, with a typical size of just 66 students.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
66
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,019
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Stony Chute
2 schools — 131 students, average ICSEA 1,019.
By sector: Government 1 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 1 · Combined 1
| Barkers Vale Public School, Wadeville | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 42 | 971 |
| Rainbow Ridge School for Steiner Education, Lillian Rock | Independent | Combined | 5.1 km | 89 | 1,042 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Stony Chute [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13682/stony-chute/topic/education