28.2% ▼ -30.5%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 40.7%
- 2016: 43.9%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Salt Ash · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Salt Ash
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Salt Ash have finished high school or university compared to the state and national figures. Only 28.2% of residents completed Year 12, a figure that has dropped significantly since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Schooling levels are far below the New South Wales average of 58.9%, with the share of people finishing Year 12 falling by 12 points since 2011. The most common highest school year reached is Year 10, at 39.2%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Salt Ash, the largest group is Year 10 at 43%, followed by Year 12 (31%) and Year 9 or below (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 8.7% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Most qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV, held by 49.2% of people.
8.7% ▼ -55.2%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 8.7%
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 Salt Ash, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 62%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common area of study at 25.9%, followed by management and commerce at 12.2%.
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 Salt Ash [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121101/salt-ash/topic/education