67.2% ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.1%
- 2016: 64.0%
- 2021: 67.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Oxley · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Oxley
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
High school completion rates shape the local workforce in Oxley, where 67.2% of people finished Year 12. While this is well above the national average, it remains well below the figure for the rest of the ACT.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Most residents finished Year 12, which is much higher than in most other similar areas. However, this is 9.8 percentage points lower than the ACT average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Oxley, Year 12 is the majority at 70%; Year 10 is next at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 30.4% of adults, a figure well above the national average but far below the rest of the territory. Many others hold trade or vocational qualifications, with 24.8% holding a Certificate III or IV.
30.4% ▲ +22.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Oxley splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (32%) and Certificate III / IV (27%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Management and commerce is the most common field of study at 20%, followed by society and culture at 16.6% and engineering at 10.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Oxley has 15 schools within 3km, which is more than 86% of similar areas. The local schools are larger than most and have a much higher average advantage score than other areas.
15
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).
582
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,059
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 Oxley
15 schools — 8,737 students, average ICSEA 1,059.
By sector: Government 11 · Catholic 3 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 9 · Secondary 4 · Combined 2
| Trinity Christian School, Wanniassa | Independent | Combined | 0.6 km | 1,073 | 1,150 |
| Monash Primary School, Monash | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 414 | 1,063 |
| Lake Tuggeranong College, Greenway | Government | Secondary | 1.2 km | 620 | 1,023 |
| Wanniassa School, Wanniassa | Government | Secondary | 1.5 km | 538 | 991 |
| Erindale College, Wanniassa | Government | Secondary | 1.7 km | 871 | 1,041 |
| St Anthony's Parish Primary School, Wanniassa | Catholic | Primary | 1.7 km | 421 | 1,067 |
| Namadgi School, Kambah | Government | Combined | 2.1 km | 578 | 978 |
| St Mary MacKillop College, Isabella Plains | Catholic | Secondary | 2.1 km | 2,088 | 1,068 |
| Wanniassa Hills Primary School, Wanniassa | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 340 | 1,061 |
| Isabella Plains Early Childhood School, Isabella Plains | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 69 | 1,052 |
| Bonython Primary School, Bonython | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 341 | 1,034 |
| Gowrie Primary School, Gowrie | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 228 | 1,043 |
| Holy Family Primary School, Gowrie | Catholic | Primary | 3.3 km | 641 | 1,076 |
| Fadden Primary School, Fadden | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 229 | 1,076 |
| Taylor Primary School, Kambah | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 286 | 1,043 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Oxley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80105/oxley/topic/education