33.8% ▲ +28.0%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Trundle · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Trundle
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Trundle finished high school than in other parts of the country, with only 33.8% completing Year 12. This gap is most obvious when compared to the New South Wales figure of 58.9%, suggesting a local workforce that relies more on practical experience than formal schooling.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 33.8% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. About 31.6% of people here reached Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →Trundle splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (38%) and Year 10 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 11.4% of the population, far below the 26.3% seen across Australia. The most common high-level qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 31% of residents.
11.4% ▲ +67.7%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 11.4%
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 Trundle, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 42%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (22%) and Bachelor degree (22%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with the highest shares in engineering and related subjects at 15.3%, followed by health at 12.5% and education at 11.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Trundle has a very high number of schools per 1,000 children compared to most areas, though the average school size of 55 is much lower than usual. The local schools are split evenly between government and Catholic sectors.
20.62
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
55
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
912
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Trundle
2 schools — 110 students, average ICSEA 912.
By sector: Catholic 1 · Government 1
By type: Primary 1 · Combined 1
| St Patrick's Parish School, Trundle | Catholic | Primary | 8.4 km | 12 | 859 |
| Trundle Central School, Trundle | Government | Combined | 8.5 km | 98 | 919 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Trundle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13958/trundle/topic/education