40.8% ▲ +39.6%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 40.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Onslow · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Onslow
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 40.8% of residents in Onslow finished Year 12, a figure that is far below the national average. This gap in basic schooling is a defining feature of the local education profile. While many adults hold trade certificates, fewer have reached the highest levels of university study.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is much lower than in most areas, sitting 18 points below the Australian figure. Only 40.8% of people finished Year 12, while about 19.5% stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Onslow, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The typical adult here is more likely to hold a Certificate III or IV, which 31.2% of people have. Only 16% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure.
16.0% ▲ +71.3%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 16.0%
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 Onslow, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common qualifications at 19.9%, followed by management and commerce at 12.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Education is provided by a single government combined school, which is smaller than most similar schools and has an advantage score among the lowest for its level.
4.85
Higher than 58% 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).
166
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
884
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Onslow
1 school — 166 students, average ICSEA 884.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Onslow School, Onslow | Government | Combined | 5.3 km | 166 | 884 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Onslow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51181/onslow/topic/education