79.3% ▲ +10.5%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.8%
- 2016: 75.8%
- 2021: 79.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Fadden · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Fadden
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher education levels define daily life in Fadden, where nearly 45% of adults hold a university degree. This makes the area one of the most qualified places in the region, with far more people finishing high school and university than the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Schooling levels are very high in Fadden, where 79.3% of residents finished Year 12. This is a little above the ACT figure and far above the national average of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Fadden, Year 12 is the majority at 81%; Year 10 is next at 12%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Among the highest for this level, 44.9% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher. This is far above the Australian figure of 26.3% and a little above the ACT average.
44.9% ▲ +27.2%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.3%
- 2016: 40.3%
- 2021: 44.9%
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 Fadden, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 37%, followed by Postgraduate degree (20%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are management and commerce at 21.7%, followed closely by society and culture at 20.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Fadden has schools with much higher advantage scores than most areas, though there are far fewer schools per 1,000 children than usual. Most of the 18 schools within 3km are government primary schools.
1.73
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
18
Higher than 86% 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).
504
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,057
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Fadden
18 schools — 9,078 students, average ICSEA 1,057.
By sector: Government 13 · Catholic 4 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 12 · Secondary 5 · Combined 1
| Fadden Primary School, Fadden | Government | Primary | 0.1 km | 229 | 1,076 |
| Holy Family Primary School, Gowrie | Catholic | Primary | 0.8 km | 641 | 1,076 |
| Gowrie Primary School, Gowrie | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 228 | 1,043 |
| Caroline Chisholm School, Chisholm | Government | Secondary | 1.7 km | 571 | 989 |
| Erindale College, Wanniassa | Government | Secondary | 1.9 km | 871 | 1,041 |
| Wanniassa Hills Primary School, Wanniassa | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 340 | 1,061 |
| Gilmore Primary School, Gilmore | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 113 | 981 |
| Monash Primary School, Monash | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 414 | 1,063 |
| Farrer Primary School, Farrer | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 252 | 1,098 |
| Richardson Primary School, Richardson | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 142 | 952 |
| Trinity Christian School, Wanniassa | Independent | Combined | 2.9 km | 1,073 | 1,150 |
| Wanniassa School, Wanniassa | Government | Secondary | 3.0 km | 538 | 991 |
| St Mary MacKillop College, Isabella Plains | Catholic | Secondary | 3.3 km | 2,088 | 1,068 |
| St Anthony's Parish Primary School, Wanniassa | Catholic | Primary | 3.6 km | 421 | 1,067 |
| Isabella Plains Early Childhood School, Isabella Plains | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 69 | 1,052 |
| Calwell Primary School, Calwell | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 201 | 1,010 |
| St Francis of Assisi Primary School, Calwell | Catholic | Primary | 4.2 km | 516 | 1,055 |
| Calwell High School, Calwell | Government | Secondary | 4.2 km | 371 | 972 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Fadden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80051/fadden/topic/education