42.4% ▲ +34.2%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 42.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Macarthur · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Macarthur
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 42.4% of residents in Macarthur have finished Year 12, which is far below the Victorian and national figures. This gap is reflected in the qualifications of adults, where those with a university degree are much rarer than in most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is far less common here than across Australia, with only 42.4% of people reaching this milestone. About 17.2% of residents left school in Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Macarthur, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (19%) and Year 11 (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up just 10.1% of the population, which is far below the state and national figures. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 40.5% of residents.
10.1% ▲ +26.4%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 10.1%
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 Macarthur, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (26%) and Bachelor degree (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are management and commerce at 17.0%, followed by agriculture and environment and health, both at 13.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Macarthur has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though they are typically very small with an average of 24 students. The area is served by a single government primary school.
14.29
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
24
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
988
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Macarthur
1 school — 24 students, average ICSEA 988.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Macarthur Primary School, Macarthur | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 24 | 988 |
Sources
More for Macarthur
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Macarthur [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21560/macarthur/topic/education