34.5% ▲ +17.9%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Millfield · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Millfield
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Millfield (L) are lower than in most similar areas. Only 10.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. While school completion has improved slightly over the last decade, the area remains less qualified than the state average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 34.5% of residents finished Year 12, a figure far below the 58.9% seen across New South Wales. This is a small improvement from 2011, when the rate was 29.2%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Millfield splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (38%) and Year 10 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 45.8% of adults. Very few people hold university degrees, leaving the area far below the state and national typicals.
10.1% ▼ -0.8%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 10.1%
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 Millfield, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 59%; Bachelor degree is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications in Millfield (L) most commonly studied Engineering (19.0%) or Management and commerce (14.1%). Other common fields include Society and culture at 9.9% and Health at 9.3%.
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 Millfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121076/millfield/topic/education