67.2% ▲ +12.2%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.9%
- 2016: 63.1%
- 2021: 67.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Conder · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Conder
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher school completion rates than the national average shape daily life in Conder, where 67.2% of residents finished Year 12. While this is much higher than most similar areas, it remains well below the territory-wide figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 67.2% of people completed Year 12, which is well above the Australian figure but nearly 10 points lower than the ACT average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Conder, Year 12 is the majority at 69%; Year 10 is next at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 24.3% of adults, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas but far below the ACT's 42.9%.
24.3% ▲ +37.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Conder splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (32%) and Bachelor degree (29%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications in the area are in management and commerce at 21.3%, followed by society and culture at 15.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Conder has 13 schools within 3km, which is more than 85% of similar areas. These schools are generally larger than average, with a typical size of 469 students.
2.94
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
13
Higher than 83% 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).
469
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,036
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Conder
13 schools — 6,099 students, average ICSEA 1,036.
By sector: Government 9 · Catholic 3 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 9 · Secondary 3 · Combined 1
| St Clare of Assisi Primary School, Conder | Catholic | Primary | 1.0 km | 483 | 1,044 |
| Lanyon High School, Conder | Government | Secondary | 1.1 km | 524 | 1,005 |
| Charles Conder Primary School, Conder | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 431 | 1,002 |
| Gordon Primary School, Gordon | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 407 | 1,005 |
| Theodore Primary School, Theodore | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 206 | 974 |
| Calwell High School, Calwell | Government | Secondary | 2.1 km | 371 | 972 |
| Calwell Primary School, Calwell | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 201 | 1,010 |
| St Francis of Assisi Primary School, Calwell | Catholic | Primary | 2.2 km | 516 | 1,055 |
| Covenant Christian School, Gordon | Independent | Combined | 2.5 km | 320 | 1,090 |
| Richardson Primary School, Richardson | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 142 | 952 |
| Isabella Plains Early Childhood School, Isabella Plains | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 69 | 1,052 |
| Bonython Primary School, Bonython | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 341 | 1,034 |
| St Mary MacKillop College, Isabella Plains | Catholic | Secondary | 3.8 km | 2,088 | 1,068 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Conder [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80039/conder/topic/education