40.7% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 40.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Stroud Hill · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Stroud Hill
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 18 percentage points separates Stroud Hill from the state average in high school completion. Only 40.7% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people here finished high school than in most areas, with 40.7% completing Year 12. This is far below the New South Wales average of 58.9%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Stroud Hill, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 10 is next at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 17.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is higher than most similar areas, though this remains well below the national figure of 26.3%.
17.4% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 17.4%
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 Hill, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 38%, followed by Bachelor degree (31%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (31%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Engineering & related at 64%, ahead of Management & commerce (29%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are three schools within 3km, which is more than 70% of similar areas. These range from government and Catholic options, with a school advantage score that is much lower than most areas.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
300
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
940
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 Stroud Hill
3 schools — 899 students, average ICSEA 940.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| Dungog Public School, Dungog | Government | Primary | 5.6 km | 191 | 914 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, Dungog | Catholic | Primary | 5.7 km | 142 | 986 |
| Dungog High School, Dungog | Government | Secondary | 5.9 km | 566 | 937 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Stroud Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13693/stroud-hill/topic/education