27.6% ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Symonston · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Symonston
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 27.6% of residents in Symonston have completed Year 12, a figure that is far below the national and territory averages. This is a place where high-level academic qualifications are much less common than in most other areas. The local education profile is marked by a significant gap in school completion compared to the rest of the ACT.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Far fewer people here finished high school compared to the rest of the territory, with the 27.6% completion rate sitting 49 points below the ACT average. Many residents stopped their schooling early, with 14.7% leaving at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Symonston, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 10 (28%) and Year 9 or below (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon in this area, as only 10% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure and the ACT average, while the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV at 20.3%.
10.0% ▲ +27.2%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 10.0%
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 Symonston, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (20%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications in Symonston are most often trained in management and commerce or society and culture, both at 9.8%, followed by engineering at 8.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is well-served by 14 schools within 3km, which is more than 85% of similar areas. These schools are generally larger than most, with an average size of 594 students and a high school advantage score.
14
Higher than 84% 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).
594
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,126
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Symonston
14 schools — 8,319 students, average ICSEA 1,126.
By sector: Government 7 · Catholic 4 · Independent 3
By type: Primary 10 · Secondary 3 · Combined 1
| Narrabundah College, Narrabundah | Government | Secondary | 1.5 km | 977 | 1,131 |
| St Benedict's Primary School, Narrabundah | Catholic | Primary | 1.6 km | 165 | 1,061 |
| Narrabundah Early Childhood School, Narrabundah | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 53 | 990 |
| Red Hill Primary School, Red Hill | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 720 | 1,133 |
| St Bede's Primary School, Red Hill | Catholic | Primary | 2.7 km | 261 | 1,117 |
| St Clare's College, Griffith | Catholic | Secondary | 2.7 km | 887 | 1,087 |
| St Edmund's College Canberra, Griffith | Independent | Combined | 2.9 km | 935 | 1,080 |
| Canberra Grammar School, Red Hill | Independent | Secondary | 3.2 km | 2,116 | 1,187 |
| Garran Primary School, Garran | Government | Primary | 4.8 km | 676 | 1,159 |
| Queanbeyan West Public School, Queanbeyan | Government | Primary | 5.4 km | 387 | 988 |
| Canberra Christian School, Mawson | Independent | Primary | 5.4 km | 228 | 1,087 |
| Mawson Primary School, Mawson | Government | Primary | 5.5 km | 542 | 1,139 |
| Malkara School, Garran | Government | Primary | 5.8 km | 73 | 1,021 |
| Sts Peter and Paul Primary School, Garran | Catholic | Primary | 5.8 km | 299 | 1,130 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Symonston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80121/symonston/topic/education