33.9% ▲ +35.0%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Townsend · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Townsend
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Townsend, where 42% of adults hold one. This is a place where far fewer people have finished high school compared to the rest of the country. Only 33.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is 25 percentage points below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
High school completion is far below the state and national figures, with only 33.9% of people finishing Year 12. The most common highest school year reached is Year 10, at 36%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Townsend splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (38%) and Year 12 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here than in most areas. Only 10.9% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%.
10.9% ▲ +53.0%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 10.9%
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 Townsend, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are management and commerce at 17.9%, followed by engineering and related fields at 14.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Townsend has 6 schools within 3km, which is more than about 77% of similar areas. While the typical school size of 261 is around the middle, the average school advantage score is lower than most areas.
9.85
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
6
Higher than 74% 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).
261
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
965
Lower 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 Townsend
6 schools — 1,563 students, average ICSEA 965.
By sector: Government 3 · Independent 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3 · Combined 2 · Secondary 1
| Pacific Valley Christian School, Townsend | Independent | Combined | 0.3 km | 277 | 985 |
| Valley Hope Christian School, Townsend | Independent | Combined | 0.3 km | 51 | 951 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, Maclean | Catholic | Primary | 1.8 km | 135 | 1,019 |
| Maclean High School, Maclean | Government | Secondary | 1.9 km | 689 | 959 |
| Maclean Public School, Maclean | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 198 | 908 |
| Gulmarrad Public School, Gulmarrad | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 213 | 977 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Townsend [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13946/townsend/topic/education