34.1% ▲ +27.1%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Stroud · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Stroud
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Stroud have completed secondary school compared to most other areas. Only 34.1% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 10 is the most common highest school level reached at 38.0%, while 14.7% of residents finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Stroud splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (41%) and Year 12 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common here, with 12.2% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%.
12.2% ▲ +48.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 12.2%
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 Stroud, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common qualifications at 19.7%, followed by management and commerce at 13.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 5.46 schools per 1,000 children, which is higher than most areas. All local schools are government primary schools, and they tend to be much smaller than those in other areas.
5.46
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
40
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
933
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Stroud
2 schools — 80 students, average ICSEA 933.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Stroud Road Public School, Stroud Road | Government | Primary | 5.8 km | 9 | 948 |
| Stroud Public School, Stroud | Government | Primary | 5.9 km | 71 | 931 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Stroud [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13692/stroud/topic/education