19.4% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Middleton · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than one in five people in Middleton finished Year 12, reflecting a community where most residents left school early. This lack of formal schooling is mirrored by the fact that no adults in the area hold a university degree.
Highest year of school completed.
Most people here finished school in Year 10 (54.8%), while only 19.4% completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%.
19.4% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Middleton, Year 10 is the majority at 63%; Year 12 is next at 22%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is absent in this area, with 0.0% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, far below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Middleton, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Management & commerce at 67%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a more common situation than in about 59% of similar places.
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Middleton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31826/middleton/topic/education