43.4% ▼ -0.3%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.6%
- 2016: 40.7%
- 2021: 43.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Theresa Park · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Theresa Park
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher qualification rates than most similar areas mark Theresa Park, although it still lags behind the state average. While 17.7% of adults hold a university degree, only 43.4% of residents finished Year 12. This creates a local profile where a fair few hold high-level degrees despite a lower rate of high school completion.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 43.4% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% national figure. A combined 47.8% of residents left school in Year 10 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Theresa Park, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (36%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The usual highest qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 35% of adults. Those with a bachelor degree or higher make up 17.7% of the population, which is well below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
17.7% ▲ +14.9%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 17.7%
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 Theresa Park, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 41%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (22%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Degrees in management and commerce are the most common at 19.5%, followed by engineering and related fields at 13.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km of the area. This school has an advantage score of 1,021, which is higher than most similar areas.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
360
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,021
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Theresa Park
1 school — 360 students, average ICSEA 1,021.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Cobbitty Public School, Cobbitty | Government | Primary | 5.1 km | 360 | 1,021 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Theresa Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13861/theresa-park/topic/education