50.9% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 47.4%
- 2021: 50.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Sugarloaf · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Sugarloaf
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher qualification rates than most similar areas define Sugarloaf, where 30.9% of adults hold a university degree. This stands in contrast to school completion rates, which are well below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 50.9% of residents completed Year 12, a figure that is well below both the New South Wales and Australian averages. About 32.7% of people listed Year 10 as their highest year of school.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Sugarloaf, Year 12 is the majority at 57%; Year 10 is next at 37%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are common here, with 30.9% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, which is well above the national figure. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most frequent, held by 37.2% of residents.
30.9% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 30.9%
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 Sugarloaf, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Graduate diploma / certificate (11%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are split evenly between education, management and commerce, and society and culture, each at 18.6%. Engineering and building related studies also make up a significant portion.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are three schools within 3km of the area, more than 70% of similar places. However, these schools have an average advantage score of 940, which is much lower than most other 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 Sugarloaf
3 schools — 899 students, average ICSEA 940.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| Dungog High School, Dungog | Government | Secondary | 5.8 km | 566 | 937 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, Dungog | Catholic | Primary | 6.3 km | 142 | 986 |
| Dungog Public School, Dungog | Government | Primary | 6.8 km | 191 | 914 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Sugarloaf [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13700/sugarloaf/topic/education