41.5% ▲ +35.5%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 36.7%
- 2021: 41.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Vacy · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Vacy
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Vacy have finished high school or university compared to the state and national averages. Only 41.5% of people have completed Year 12, which is 17 percentage points lower than the national figure. This gap extends to higher education, where the proportion of adults with a university degree is also far below the state average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The typical school leaving age in Vacy is lower than in most of Australia, with 41.5% of people finishing Year 12 and 35.7% finishing Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Vacy, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 10 (37%) and Year 9 or below (10%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common here than in New South Wales, with only 16.2% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. Certificates III and IV are the most common qualifications at 48.2%.
16.2% ▲ +49.2%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 16.2%
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 Vacy, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with a qualification, the most common fields of study are Engineering and related fields at 26.7% and Management and commerce at 16.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Vacy has more schools per 1,000 children than most similar areas, with two primary government schools within 3km. However, these schools are much smaller and have a much lower average advantage score than most areas.
6.62
Higher than 65% 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).
56
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
946
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Vacy
2 schools — 111 students, average ICSEA 946.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Vacy Public School, Vacy | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 106 | 946 |
| Martins Creek Public School, Martins Creek | Government | Primary | 7.3 km | 5 | — |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Vacy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14081/vacy/topic/education