39.1% ▲ +57.2%
Lower than 76% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Singleton · Urban Area
Education & Qualifications in Singleton
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 20 percentage points separates Singleton from the state and national figures for Year 12 completion. While schooling and degree levels remain far below the average for New South Wales, more people have finished high school and earned degrees than they did in 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 39.1% of residents have completed Year 12, which is much lower than most areas. This figure has risen 14 points since 2011, though 33.1% of the population still lists Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Singleton, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 11.2% of the population, far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common highest qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 47% of residents.
11.2% ▲ +86.0%
Lower than 86% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 11.2%
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 Singleton, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Bachelor degree is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common qualifications at 27.9%, followed by management and commerce at 17.6%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Singleton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1029/singleton/topic/education