38.0% ▲ +6.9%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.5%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 38.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Singleton · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Singleton
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Trade and technical skills are the backbone of the local workforce in Singleton. While university degrees are less common here than in other parts of the state, nearly half of all qualified adults hold a Certificate III or IV.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 38% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This rate has risen slightly by 2.5 points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →Singleton splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (40%) and Year 10 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 11.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, far below the New South Wales average of 27.8%. This proportion actually fell by 2.4 points over the last decade.
11.1% ▼ -17.6%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 11.1%
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 58%; Bachelor degree is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related subjects are the most common fields of study at 28.2%, followed by Management and Commerce at 17.9%.
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/ucl/UCL113014/singleton/topic/education