36.1% ▲ +25.1%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 36.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Adelong · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Adelong
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 23 percentage points separates Adelong from the state and national figures for Year 12 completion. Fewer adults here hold university degrees compared to most areas, with the local workforce leaning heavily toward trade certificates. This reflects a community where practical qualifications are more common than academic ones.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 36.1% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. Around 33.7% of the population left school after Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Adelong splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (38%) and Year 10 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is just 10.2%, far below the national figure of 26.3%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 44.1% of people.
10.2% ▲ +77.8%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 10.2%
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 Adelong, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are led by Engineering and related fields at 20%, followed by Health at 13.2% and Management and Commerce at 11.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Adelong has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though the two local primary schools are much smaller than average. The school advantage score is lower than in most similar areas.
13.42
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools serving the area — within 3 km of small areas, or inside larger ones. A measure of access (catchments overlap, so don't add it across areas).
41
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
965
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Adelong
2 schools — 82 students, average ICSEA 965.
By sector: Catholic 1 · Government 1
By type: Primary 2
| St Joseph's Primary School, Adelong | Catholic | Primary | 0.8 km | 58 | 980 |
| Adelong Public School, Adelong | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 24 | 929 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Adelong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10018/adelong/topic/education