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Menangle Park · Urban Centre

Education & Qualifications in Menangle Park

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

A sharp drop in school and university completions has seen education levels fall in Menangle Park since 2011. Only 28.8% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This decline is seen across both high school and higher education levels.

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Where Menangle Park sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

5.3% ▼ -80.0%

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Menangle Park — lower than 89% of areas.

Menangle Park5.3%
2563, NSW 10.6%
New South Wales 27.8%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Year 12 completion fell by 25 points since 2011 to reach 28.8%, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 58.9%. The most common highest year of school reached is Year 10, at 37.4%.

Completed Year 12

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28.8% ▼ -46.8%

Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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In Menangle Park, the largest group is Year 10 at 45%, followed by Year 12 (35%) and Year 9 or below (12%).

Year 10 37.4% Year 12 28.8% Year 9 or below 9.8% Year 11 7.4%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher now make up just 5.3% of the population, which is much lower than most areas and fell 21 points since 2011. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 40.7%.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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5.3% ▼ -80.0%

Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Highest qualification level

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In Menangle Park, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 63%; Bachelor degree is next at 16%.

Certificate III / IV 40.7% Bachelor degree 10.5% Advanced diploma / diploma 7.0% Certificate I / II 7.0%

Field of study

What people studied.

The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are management and commerce at 19.8%, followed by engineering and related fields at 11.6%.

Field of qualification

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In Menangle Park, the largest group is Management & commerce at 33%, followed by Engineering & related (19%) and Architecture & building (15%).

Management & commerce 19.8% Engineering & related 11.6% Architecture & building 9.3% Education 5.8% Agriculture & environment 4.7% Health 4.7% Society & culture 4.7%

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 Menangle Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122084/menangle-park/topic/education