53.5% ▲ +6.4%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.3%
- 2016: 50.4%
- 2021: 53.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Sutton Forest · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Sutton Forest
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Over a quarter of adults in Sutton Forest hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is much higher than most similar areas. While university degrees are common, the rate of people completing Year 12 is well below the national figure. This creates a profile where higher education is prominent despite lower secondary school completion rates.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 53.5%, which is higher than most similar areas but remains well below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Sutton Forest, Year 12 is the majority at 60%; Year 10 is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A quarter of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is about the same as the national average. The most common qualification is a bachelor degree at 28.5%, followed by Certificate III or IV at 25.8%.
25.6% ▲ +20.9%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Sutton Forest splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (36%) and Certificate III / IV (32%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, led by management and commerce at 15.9%, with architecture and building and health both around 10%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Sutton Forest has five schools within 3 kilometres, which is more than 75% of similar areas. These schools have an advantage score of 1,018, which is higher than most areas.
5
Higher than 73% 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).
334
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,018
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 Sutton Forest
5 schools — 1,670 students, average ICSEA 1,018.
By sector: Government 3 · Independent 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3 · Secondary 2
| Exeter Public School, Exeter | Government | Primary | 8.1 km | 123 | 1,030 |
| Moss Vale Public School, Moss Vale | Government | Primary | 11.7 km | 442 | 985 |
| St Paul's International College, Moss Vale | Independent | Secondary | 12.0 km | 127 | 1,071 |
| St Paul's Catholic Primary School, Moss Vale | Catholic | Primary | 12.3 km | 188 | 1,063 |
| Moss Vale High School, Moss Vale | Government | Secondary | 13.4 km | 790 | 1,015 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Sutton Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13718/sutton-forest/topic/education