36.9% ▲ +9.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 36.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
North Shields · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in North Shields
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
About 34% of qualified adults in North Shields hold a Certificate III or IV, which is the most common qualification in the area. This community has far fewer people finishing high school or earning university degrees compared to the rest of the state and the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure, with only 36.9% of residents finishing their final year. This is 22 points lower than the Australian average of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In North Shields, the largest group is Year 12 at 40%, followed by Year 11 (30%) and Year 10 (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is uncommon here, as only 10.6% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below South Australia's 22.7%.
10.6% ▲ +29.9%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 10.6%
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 North Shields, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (24%) and Bachelor degree (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications in North Shields are most often trained in engineering and related fields (19.6%), followed by education (12.4%) and architecture and building (11.1%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one primary school, which is run by the government. This school is smaller than those in most similar areas, with a typical size of 131 students.
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).
131
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
984
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving North Shields
1 school — 131 students, average ICSEA 984.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Poonindie Community Learning Centre, Poonindie | Government | Primary | 5.3 km | 131 | 984 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in North Shields [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41046/north-shields/topic/education