39.6% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.4%
- 2021: 39.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Upsalls Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Upsalls Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 39.6% of residents in Upsalls Creek finished Year 12, meaning a large part of the population lacks a high school diploma. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. Low rates of formal schooling are reflected in the small number of residents with university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people here finished high school than in most other areas. Only 39.6% completed Year 12, while 30.8% of residents stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Upsalls Creek, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 11 (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here, with just 4.9% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 37%.
4.9% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 4.9%
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 Upsalls Creek, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 66%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are society and culture at 17.8% and engineering at 15.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one primary school, which is a government facility. This school is smaller than most and has a school advantage score that is much lower than in 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).
206
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
936
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Upsalls Creek
1 school — 206 students, average ICSEA 936.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Kendall Public School, Kendall | Government | Primary | 4.8 km | 206 | 936 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Upsalls Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14067/upsalls-creek/topic/education